akoako
1. (verb) to consult together, give or take counsel, rehearse, practise, train, teach.
Ko ngā mahi i reira he akoako mō te whawhai, arā, kia mōhio ai ina heipū he whawhai ki Niu Tīrini (TP 2/1906:1). / What they were doing there was training for battle so that they would be prepared when war might occur in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Synonyms: haratau, parakitihi, whakaakoako, mahi, whakaharatau, whakahāngai, whakawai
mātanga
1. (modifier) sophisticated, experienced, skilled.
Tāpiri atu ēnei painga ki te purotu o tōna āhua, te pakari o te tinana, me te tohunga ki ngā mahi tākaro, kātahi ai te tangata whakahoahoa, tangata mātanga ko tēnei, ko Hēmi (TTR 1998:63). / These good qualities, coupled with his handsome appearance, physical prowess and sporting ability, shaped Hēmi into a charming and sophisticated man.
2. (noun) experienced person, expert, specialist, consultant, professional, practitioner, old hand, analyst.
Kaua pea ko ngā kupu rīraparapa katoa a ngā mātanga wetewete reo, engari ia ko ngā kupu e hāngai ana ki te hōhonutanga o te punareo kei reira nei ngā tamariki e rukuruku haere ana (HM 1/1993). / Perhaps don't use the flash words of grammarians, but the words relevant to the language level that the children are at.
Synonyms: ika a Whiro, kaiwhakamahereora, ringa ngaio, ringa rehe, ringa whaiutu, ngaio
uiuinga
1. (noun) questioning, investigation, interview, inquiry, consultation.
I ēnei rangi kua hori ake nei, i te uiuinga i te take o te mate o tētahi tamaiti i mate ki Tamihana Tiriti, Pōneke, kitea iho ko te take o te mate, he mate hukihuki (TPH 1/11/1898:4). / In recent days the investigation as to the cause of death of a child in Thompson Street, Wellington, has found that the reason for the death was epilepsy.
Synonyms: pākiki, uiui, pātaitaitanga, patapatai, pātaitai
2. (noun) Questionnaire.
Kāwharu, Ian Hugh
1. (personal name) ONZ, FRSNZ (1927-2006) Ngāti Whātua; academic and ariki. Educated at Auckland Grammar School, University of Auckland (BSc), Cambridge (MA) and Oxford (MLitt, DPhil) Universities. Became the foundation professor of Social Anthropology and Māori Studies at Massey University in 1970. Professor of Māori Studies and head of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Auckland (1985-1993). Chair of Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei Māori Trust Board (1978-2006). Served on the Royal Commission of the Courts (1976-1978), the New Zealand Māori Council, the Board of Māori affairs (1987-1990) and the Waitangi Tribunal (1986-1996). He was a Aotearoa/New Zealand delegate to UNESCO and a consultant to the United Nations economic and Social Council and the Food and Agriculture Organization. He was also President of the Polynesian Society. Knighted in 1989 and appointed a member of the Order of New Zealand in 2002.
