whiuwhiu kupu
1. (noun) controversy, argument, disagreement.
I Ōtaki, ka puta ngā whiuwhiu kupu ki te kōrero i te tika, i te hē rānei, o te tuku i te Kīngi kia hīkoi i raro i te pare o te kūaha i whakairotia ai he wahine, e kūwhera ana ōna kūhā me te kitea atu o te puapua (TTR 1998:89). / In Ōtaki, words were bandied about as to whether it was acceptable or not for the King to walk under a door lintel carved in the likeness of a woman with her thighs open and the vulva exposed.
tautohetohe
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to contend with each other, persist, argue, debate, haggle, quarrel.
E rima hāora me te hāwhe te Hīnota Tianara e tautohetohe ana mō tēnei mōtini, ā, kātahi anō ka pāhi (TTT 1/5/1928:774). / General Synod were debating this motion for five and a half hours, and then it finally passed.
See also tautotohe
Synonyms: tohe, tautohe, tautotohe, hotahota, hohota, takakawe, whaiwhairoroa, tohetohe, pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, taukaikai, ngangare, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu
2. (modifier) controversial, contentious, divisive, debatable.
He tangata manganga, he tangata tautohetohe te tangata nei a Ngāpipi Rēweti (TTR 1996:163). / Ngāpipi Rēweti was an enigmatic and controversial figure.
3. (noun) dispute, quarrel, argument, disagreement.
He maha ā rātau tautohetohe i waenganui i a rātau mō ō rātau tika (TTT 1/6/1922:7). / They have many disputes amongst themselves about their rights.
4. (noun) debate.
Ko tētahi o ngā take nui o te Pāremata ināia tata nei, ko te tautohetohe o ngā mema mō te Paipera kia whakaaetia kia kōrerotia i roto i ngā kura Kāwanatanga o te motu (TTT 1/10/1927:695). / One of the important topics of Parliament recently was the members' debate concerning the Bible that it be allowed to be read in the public schools of the country.
whakawehewehe
1. (verb) (-a) to separate, divide, sort out.
He mea whakawehewehe, he mea pūraurau hoki ētahi o ngā taunekeneke i waenganui i ētahi o ngā mātua, ngā mema o te komiti whakahaere matua, ngā kaimahi me te rōpū whakahaere. / Some of the relationships between some parents, executive committee members, staff and management are divisive and bitter.
Synonyms: tauārai, tohi, toritori, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi, tuakoi, nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe
2. (modifier) divisive, contentious, controversial.
Kai te noho tonu te mita o Kāi Tahu hai kaupapa whakawehewehe i te marea, ahakoa he reo Māori tō te takata, ka kore noa iho rānei, he whakaaro tonu tō tēnā, tō tēnā mō te mana me te oraka o te mita o Kāi Tahu (Ipukarea 2014). / The Ngāi Tahu accent continues to be a contentious issue amongst the public, whether the person has the Māori language or not, and each person has an opinion about the status and the state of Ngāi Tahu's accent.
3. (noun) divisiveness, separation, schism, rift.
Ko te whakawehewehe o te rōpū te kaupapa matua o tā tātou hui. / The divisiveness of the group is the main concern of our meeting.
Synonyms: kōaka, tauwehe, motumotu, whakawehenga, wehenga, weheruatanga, whakawehe, whakamana wehenga
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.
ngangare
1. (verb) to quarrel, dispute.
Nō reira hoki, tēnei whakataukī a Waikato, e ka whakanehenehe a Ngāti Whakaue ki a ia, i a rāua e ngangare nei i te kurunga kōwhatu o ngā roi a Te Kuīni nei 'Tā te mano pai hoki o Waikato, te pōkai iho ai te iwi ririki, te iwi tūtūā.' (JPS 1990:167). / So, therefore, too, there is this whakataukī of Waikato if and when Ngāti Whakaue is quarrelling with him [Waikato], while those two are pounding the Queen's fernroot with a stone pounder 'The large numbers of Waikato embrace small and low-born tribes.'
Synonyms: pākani, ngangau, kohete, tarahae, riri, tauwhāinga, tautohe, taututetute, totohe, kowhete, kairiri, kekeri, whakanihoniho, tautotohe, taukaikai, paka, tatau, tatauranga, kākari, taute, whakatete, whawhai, wāwau, whakanehenehe, korokīkī, kōhetehete, kōwhetewhete, rīriri, whāinga, whewhei, taungaungau, kekeritanga, tītaitai kōwhatu, tautohetohe
2. (modifier) quarrelling.
I tēnā mahi, i te tūtū, ka tango mai hoki koe ki a au he hoa ngangare (JPS 1990:25). / In that activity of warfare, you will consider me as an enemy.
3. (noun) quarrel, dispute, controversy, argument, quarrelling.
Nā ētahi whakapiringa ōna o muri mai, ka ara ake te ngangare i waenganui i tana apataki (TTR 1996:155). / Because of some other associations he had, controversy arose among his followers.
kura hourua
1. (noun) partnership school - a controversial way of delivering public education which brings together the education, business and community sectors to provide new opportunities for students to achieve education success. Partnership schools receive public funds on a per-pupil basis, like regular state schools, but have more independence in things like curriculum, operating hours, employment and leadership structure. Opponents see provision of education as the responsibility of government for the public good and not a commodity to be traded, with democratically elected Boards of Trustees who are accountable to the community. The involvement of third parties is seen to introduce unwelcome motives to the provision of education, often a profit motive. Fully qualified and registered teachers are seen to be essential. It is suggested that flexibility for alternative approaches has been possible under the existing legislation and that more could be made of this instead of introducing a new model for which the evidence of results is unclear.
E rima ngā kura hourua ka whakatūria i te tau 2014. / Five partnership schools will be established in 2014.
