tutūnga o te puehu
1. (noun) conflict, agitation, ruckus, ruction.
Nā te tutūnga o te puehu i te pitihana mō te reo Māori i te tau 1972, ka tāpaea te reo hei akomanga ki ētahi kura tuarua (Te Ara 2017). / Because of the agitation from the petition for the Māori language in 1972, the language was offered as a subject in some secondary schools.
pakanga
1. (verb) (-tia) to fight, battle, wage war, be at war with.
Ko tāna mahi i tēnei o ōna hokinga mai he hohou haere i te rongo i waenganui o ngā hapū e pakanga tonu ana tētahi ki tētahi (TP 6/1907:5). / His work on this return trip was to establish peace amongst the kinship groups that were still at war with one another.
E mōhio ana ētahi o tātou i te wā i pakangatia ai ā rātou kēhi i roto i te Hupirimi Kōti i whakataua ai kua manakore rātou ki ō rātou whenua i te mea kua nuku atu i te 20 tau te Pākehā e noho pōhēhē ana i runga i aua whenua, ā, i roto i aua tau kāore rātou, ngā Pākehā, i utu rēti, i tonoa rānei kia utu rēti, i whakararurarutia rānei mō tā rātou noho pōhēhē i reira (TTT 1/12/1923:5). / Some of us know that at the time their case was being fought in the Supreme Court it was determined that they had no authority over their lands because the Pākehā had been living mistakenly on those lands for more than 20 years and in that period they, the Pākehā, had not paid rent, or been asked to pay rent, or been harassed about their mistaken occupation at that place.
Synonyms: kakaritanga, kakari, kawe a riri, riri, kekeritanga, tatauranga, nguha, matawhāura, parekura, putakari, riringa
2. (noun) battle, strife, hostility, war, engagement, conflict.
I te tau 1830, ka tū te pakanga e kīia nei ko Taumatawīwī ki ngā harapaki ki te raki o Maungatautari (TTR 1990:317). / In 1830 the battle called Taumatawīwī took place on the northern slopes of Maungatautari.
raru
1. (verb) (-a) to be in difficulty, perplexed, troubled.
Ahakoa te minamina o ngā iwi nunui ki tōna whenua, kāore a Haina e rarua, kei te toitū tonu tōna whenua (TP 5/1908:1). / Although the great nations desire his country, China is not troubled, its land is still undisturbed.
Synonyms: raumahara, pōrahurahu, tuarangaranga, harapuka, pōhēhē, pōrahu, rararu, raupeka, raruraru, raparapa, pōkahu, pōkeka, pōritarita, pōrangirangi, pōrauraha, pōkaikaha
2. (noun) problem, trouble, conflict.
Ko tōna raru nui kē, ka noho āna hapa hei whakakotiti i a koe, i te mea tika (HM 4/2008:5). / The big problem is that its faults will lead you into errors and away from what is correct.
Synonyms: kūrakuraku, pōrahurahu, pōraruraru, uaua, whakararuraru, whakararu, māniania, hara, rararu, raruraru, mate
whawhai
1. (verb) (-tia) to fight, quarrel.
I whawhai anō ia me tana ope ki Te Pirirākau i raro i a Pene Taka i Te Whakamārama, i Kaimai, i Paengaroa (TP 8/1901:9). / He and his group also fought against Te Pirirākau under Captain Tucker at Te Whakamārama, Kaimai and Paengaroa.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
2. (noun) affray, fight, conflict, clash, skirmish.
I tētahi whawhaitanga i muri mai, ka riro tētahi o ngā pū repo a te Pākehā i te Māori, nō muri mai ka tuomakia mai e tētahi Pākehā nō Amerika, he kaupoai (TP 7/1900:8). / In a later fight, one of the cannons of the Pākehā was taken by the Māori, and later on, a Pākehā from America, a cowboy, came hurrying up.
kekeritanga
1. (noun) fight, quarrel, affray, altercation, battle, conflict, dispute, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, hostilities, skirmish, war.
Synonyms: kakaritanga, kakari, kawe a riri, riri, pakanga, tatauranga, nguha, matawhāura, parekura, putakari, riringa, pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
kairiri
1. (verb) (-tia) to find fault with, quarrel, oppose, clash, turn against.
I Te Kao ka whakaaro a Ākenehi me kaha ake tana whakahau i āna tūroro, ā, me ka kore e whakarongo ki āna tohutohu, ka whakawehia e ia. Koia tēnei te take i tahuri ai te iwi kāinga ki te kairiri ki a ia (TTR 1996:40). / At Te Kao, Ākenehi thought she should give strict instructions to her patients and if they refused to follow her instructions she would threaten them. This was the reason that the local Māori turned against her.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
2. (modifier) hostile, aggressive.
Ka mutu tana riri ki ngā iwi kē atu, kātahi ka riri noa iho anō, he riri kairiri, ko Ngāti Tūtānekai tētahi, ko Ngāti Rangiteaorere tētahi; huia iho anō te rua o ōna hapū, a Ngāti Uenukukōpako, ki te riri kairiri (M 2005:360). / When his battles against other tribes had ended, then he fought in minor quarrels and blood feuds with his other subtribes, Ngāti Tūtānekai and Ngāti Rangiteaorere and there was a blood feud with Ngāti Uenukukōpako.
3. (noun) hostilities, quarrel, conflict, fight, aggression.
Ko tēnei pātere nā Te Whakatōhea, e noho rā i te takiwā o Ōpōtiki mō ngā kairiri i waenganui i a rāua ko Ngāi Tai o Tōrere (M 2005:128). / This chant of derision is by Te Whakatōhea who live in the Ōpōtiki area and concerns the hostilities between them and Ngāi Tai of Tōrere.
kakari
1. (verb) to battle, fight, agitate for.
Nō rāua ka kakari ki te tono kia whakatūria he kura tuarua mō tō rātau rohe, ka tukua e Whina he whenua raorao hei whakatū kura i Panguru, e ono eka te rahi (TTR 1998:17). / They battled for a secondary school to be established for their area and Whina donated six acres of flat land at Panguru as the site for the school.
2. (noun) fight, battle, skirmish, conflict, clash, fighting.
I te pakanga o Takrouna, tino kitea ai te kaha o te kakari, te toa takitahi o ngā hōia (TTR 2000:114). / At the battle of Takrouna the intensity of the fighting and the individual gallantry was very evident.
Synonyms: kawe a riri, riri, kekeritanga, pakanga, tatauranga, kakaritanga, matawhāura, parekura, putakari, riringa, nguha
3. (noun) scrum (rugby).
Synonyms: kirimiti
2. (verb) to go awry, vary, differ.
He maha ngā wāhi e tāhapa ana (M 2004:327). / There are many parts that differ.
3. (modifier) differing, contradictory, conflicting.
I tāia anō taua waiata ki te pukapuka a McGregor “Maori Songs”, p. 57, engari he maha ngā wāhi tāhapa o tērā (M 2004:120). / This song was also published in McGregor's book, “Maori Songs,” p. 57, but there were many differing parts in that text.
4. (noun) ambuscade, ambush.
5. (noun) side.
Kia manawa nui! Ākuanei, whakarongo mai; e tae kia hokowhitu hei matua-iwi, kia hokorima ki tētehi tāhapa ki tētehi tāhapa o te ara, engari kia ngaro, kia hokorima ki tētehi taha o te ara, kia ngaro, me tuku mai mā te matua-iwi e huaki, hei reira ngā tāhapa ka huaki (JPS 1894:16). / Be stout-hearted. Listen to me, 140 men shall constitute the main body for the attack, 100 shall remain concealed on one side of the track and 100 on the other side. The main body shall attack the monster first, then the flanks will attack.
2. (noun) conflict, quarrel, dispute.
Nā Te Rangiāpitirua ka puta ko te hapū o Te Whiti‑o-Rongomai mā, ko Ngāti Te Whiti; i tipu ake i ngā taututetute o te wā (TTR 1994:171). / Te Rangiāpitirua founded the hapū of Te Whiti-o-Rongomai and others, Ngāti Te Whiti, out of the strategic conflicts of the time.
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
raruraru
1. (verb) to be in difficulty, perplexed, troubled.
E raruraru ana ki a Te Aupōuri me te raruraru hoki ki a Ngā Puhi (TTR 1990:96). / Troubles with Te Aupōuri were followed by clashes with Ngā Puhi.
Synonyms: raumahara, pōrahurahu, tuarangaranga, harapuka, pōhēhē, pōrahu, rararu, raupeka, raparapa, raru, pōkahu, pōkeka, pōritarita, pōrangirangi, pōrauraha, pōkaikaha
2. (noun) trouble, problem, dispute, conflict.
Kāore he raruraru ki a au ki te haere ki te kaukau i ngā raumati (HP 1991:21). / It is no problem for me to go swimming in summer.
Synonyms: kūrakuraku, pōrahurahu, pōraruraru, uaua, whakararuraru, whakararu, māniania, hara, rararu, raru, mate
3. (noun) debt.
Kāore e tika kia tonoa mā te whenua e utu ngā raruraru o te Kaunihera ina tukua māna e whakahaere ngā whenua o ngā Māori (RT 2013:63). / It is not right to demand that the land be used to pay the debts of the Council when it is managing Māori lands.
whakatete
1. (verb) (-a) to annoy, quarrel, pick a quarrel, oppose.
Te taenga atu o ngā iwi ki Te Aroha kāhore he tāngata hei whakatete ki a rātou mō taua whenua (TWM 21/6/1871:6). / When the tribes reached Te Aroha there was nobody to oppose them for the land.
Synonyms: tautētete, tū, tāwari, ātete, tātā, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe, kohete, ngangau, pākani
2. (verb) to prop up, bolster, shore up, brace.
Ko ngā whare katoa i Te Wairoa ngakongako katoa i te ākinga a te kōhatu e ngiha tonu nei, e rua rawa anō ngā mea i tū. He mea whakatete a roto o aua whare ki te rākau, ka whai whakamaurutanga ngā mōrehu o Tūhourangi i ora (KO 24/8/1886:7). / All the houses at Te Wairoa were smashed to pieces from the pounding of the rocks that were still burning, and only two were left standing. Timber was used inside those houses to prop them up so that the Tūhourangi survivors would have somewhere to shelter and be saved.
3. (modifier) perverse, obstinate, rebellious, opposing.
He mema aua tāngata nō te Pāramete o Ingarani. Heoi, he hoa whakatete ki te Kāwanatanga o te Ingirihi (KO 12/2/1890:2). / Those people are members of England's Parliament. However, they are opponents of the English Government.
Synonyms: tīhoihoi, tutū, whakakeke, korokē, kōrori, parori, mautohe, whakakāhore, ātete, tāwari, tauwhāinga, tautētete, taumārō, pukutohetohe, whakatuturi, taringa pākura, kakī mārō, tohetohe, turi, ngana, makiki, kōioio, whakatohe, whātuturi, hoi, kōroiroi, pukutohe, pūkeke, houkeke, upoko mārō, papamārō, hōkeke, whakaturi, mōtohe, pake
4. (noun) disagreement, quarrel, tension, conflict, argument, discord, dissent.
Ka kaha te tomo mai a te Pākehā ki roto o Te Wairarapa, ka tīmata te whakatete a ngā taitama ki ngā kaumātua (TTR 1990:224). / As Pākehā moved into Wairarapa in increasing numbers, disagreement grew between the young men and the elders.
kawe a riri
1. (noun) warfare, battle, war, fighting, conflict, hostilities.
Kātahi ka tū mai hoki te kawe a riri ki Taranaki (TTR 1990:137). / Then war broke out in Taranaki.
Synonyms: kakaritanga, kakari, riri, kekeritanga, pakanga, tatauranga, nguha, matawhāura, parekura, putakari, riringa
2. (modifier) disputed, subject to contention, contested.
I te tau 1862, ka tino tutū rawa atu te puehu i waenga i a Tirarau rāua ko tōna whanaunga, ko Matiu Te Aranui. He hoko whenua kūraruraru te kaupapa (TTR 1994:165). / In 1862 there was a major conflict between Tirarau and his relative, Matiu Te Aranui. The issue was the sale of contested land.
3. (noun) dispute, struggle, conflict, controversy, contention.
Nā ngā raruraru e pā ana ki a ia i roto i te Kōti Whenua Māori, ka nui kē atu te uru haere ōna ki ngā kūraruraru tōrangapū, whenua hoki o te wā (TTR 1994:138). / As a result of the difficulties he experienced in the Māori Land Court, he became increasingly involved in the political and land disputes of the time.
ngangau
1. (verb) to quarrel, fight, clash, dispute.
I ngā tau 1800-1830 e ngangau ana te riri i waenga i ngā hapū o Heretaunga, e whakaekea ana rātau e ngā iwi kē (TTR 1990:161). / In the years 1800-1830 there was conflict amongst the sub-tribes of Hawke's Bay at war with one another or they were being attacked by other tribes.
Synonyms: tautohetohe, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, pākani, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī
2. (noun) quarrel, dispute, conflict, dissension.
Ka mahue mai tērā tikanga hei ngangau i waenganui i a Te Rarawa me Ngāti Korokoro (TTR 1990:56). / That practice become a cause of conflict between Te Rarawa and Ngāti Korokoro.
2. (noun) struggling, arguing, conflict, dispute, disagreement, discord, dissention.
Ka kitea te ririhau i taua hanga, te taukumekume, te takaokeoke, te whakatioro i ngā taringa i te pararētanga (KO 16/5/1882:1). / The belligerence from that group was seen, the conflict, the scuffling, and the noise from their yelling.
taupapatu
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to beat against, conflict with, clash with.
Huihui ia wā, ia wā ki te hanga ritenga whakahaere pēnā kia āhei ai ngā Māori ki te whakahaere i a rātou ahakoa e taupapatu ana e rerekē ana aua tikanga Māori i ngā ture me ngā ritenga whakahaere o Ingarani (HTK 5/8/1893:11). / Each session they gather to make processes like whereby Māori will be able to manage themselves, despite the Māori practices conflicting with the laws and practices of England.
2. (noun) conflict, contradiction, disagreement.
He nui ngā kōrero engari i runga i ngā pātai ka nui te taupapatu, kāore hoki i mārama ngā whakautu (TPH 1/11/1898:2). / There was lots of discussion but as a result of the questions there was considerable disagreement and the responses did not provide clarity.
wheinga
1. (noun) enemy, foe, rival, opposition, adversary, opponent.
Kua whakateka ngā kaititiro hōia ki te tūnga o tētahi wheinga i te wāhi e whawhai ai ngā hōia Ingarihi ki te pēneti (MM.TKM 4/1855:48). / Military observers have doubted that any enemy have ever stood against English soldiers fighting with bayonets.
Synonyms: tautētete, whewheia, kaitāwari, hoariri, hoa tautohe, hoa kakari, whakahē, kaikiri, kātata, tāwhai, tauwhāinga
2. (noun) affray, fight, conflict, clash, skirmish.
3. (noun) very old person, elderly person.
Menā kei te tika te reo o roto, he aha te hē o te tāpae i ōna ritenga ki te reo rangatira o ō tātou wheinga (HM 2/1999:3). / If the language in them is correct, what is wrong with presenting them in the noble language of our elderly people.
tutū ana te heihei
1. a great disturbance, all hell broke loose, there was pandemonium, chaos reigned, there was a great commotion, there was an uproar, things got quite heated - a phrase used to indicate that a great conflict has broken out or will erupt.
Tutū ana te heihei i roto i te pāramete o Parani ināianei, te take, he whakaaringa i te kupu pana atu i te rohe o taua rangatiratanga, ngā uri katoa a Ponupata (KO 15/2/1883:4). / There is an uproar in the French parliament at present, as a proposal was put forth to banish from the sovereign state all of the descendants of Napoleon.
