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kaunihera

1. (loan) (noun) council.

Kāore ia i tono mai ki te Kaunihera kia whakaae atu kia wetekia katoatia ngā here e tau nei ki ngā whenua Māori (TPH 26/11/1905:2). / He did not ask the Council to agree to all the restrictions on Māori land being released.

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kaunihera ā-rohe

1. (loan) (noun) regional council, district council.

He mea whakatū anō hoki a ia hei tumuaki mō te pekanga ki Pōneke o te Rōpū Wāhine Toko i te Ora, ā, hei tumuaki tuarua, kaitiaki pūtea atu hoki mō te kaunihera ā-rohe o te rōpū nei ki Pōneke (TTR 2000:253). / She was also appointed as president of the Wellington branch of the Māori Women’s Welfare League, and vice president and treasurer of the Wellington district council.

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Rūnanga Ruānuku o te Kuīni

1. Queen's Council, Privy Council.

Kua mōhiotia nuitia te kino, kino, kino rawa o te tupeka, koia i whakaarahia ai e te Runanga Ruānuku o te Kuīni ngā ture hei patu i tērā taru kai a te kuri (KO 15/7/1884:7). / It is generally known how extremely bad tobacco is and that's why the laws have been raised by the Privy Council to destroy that damn weed.

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Synonyms: Piriwi Kaunihera

rūnanga

1. (verb) (-tia) to discuss in an assembly.

Ka mutu tā rātou tangi, ka rūnangatia anō e rātou kia haere ki te tārai haumi mō tō rātou waka (TWMNT 11/9/1872:113). / When they had finished weeping, the consensus was that they should go and fashion an extension for their canoe.

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2. (modifier) holding counsel.

I ngā rā o mua, i te wā o te Pākehā kīanō i noho i ngā motu nei, he iwi rūnanga te Māori ki te rapu tikanga mō rātou, ā he iwi āta rapurapu i ngā mea e ora ai, e toa ai, ā e noho mana ai te Māori, ā he iwi rongo ki ō rātou rangatira, ā e ui ana mātou, kei hea te mea o ā te Pākehā kōrero e kōrero nei i te pāremata i rerekē atu i ā te Māori rūnanga o mua (TW 28/9/1878:479). / In former times, at the time when the Pākehā had not yet settled in these islands, the Māori were a people that held counsel to seek processes for themselves, and they were a people that carefully investigated the things whereby they would live, succeed and maintain their status, and they were a people who listened to their leaders, and we ask, what is it that Pākehā say in parliament that is different from what Māori did in councils in former times.

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3. (noun) council, tribal council, assembly, board, boardroom, iwi authority - assemblies called to discuss issues of concern to iwi or the community.

Nā te rūnanga i Pēria i whakahaere te kāwanatanga o te rohe, me te whakawā ina te wānangatia ki roto i te whare rūnanga (TTR 1990:321). / The council at Pēria provided local government and also dispensed justice, after discussion in the meeting house.

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4. (noun) legislative assembly.

Ko Te Mākarini te tangata nāna i whakapuaki tēnei whakaaro i roto i te Rūnanga o te Kāwanatanga, ā, whakapaingia ana e ngā Pākehā katoa o taua Rūnanga (TWM 26/9/1867:1). / Mr McLean was the person who expressed this view in the Legislative Assembly of the Government and it was approved by all the Pākehā members of that Legislative Assembly.

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kaunihera Māori

1. (loan) (noun) Māori council - established under the Māori Councils Act 1900.

kaunihera-ā-rohe

1. (loan) (noun) district council.

Kaunihera Rangahau Hauora o Aotearoa, Te

1. (loan) Health Research Council of New Zealand.

Kaunihera Whakatūpato Waipiro o Aotearoa

1. (loan) (noun) Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand.

Rōpū Whakatairanga Hauora, Te

1. (loan) Health Sponsorship Council.

Whāinga Aronui, Te

1. (noun) The Council of Humanities.

Rūnanga Ariki

1. (noun) Legislative Council, Upper House.

Kua kite iho au i te nūpepa kua whakaaro te Rūnanga Ariki o te Whare o Runga kia tirohia he rīwhi mō Mahuta (TP 1/1907:2). / I have seen in the newspaper that the Legislative Council of the Upper House is considering looking for a replacement for Mahuta.

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Synonyms: Kaunihera Ture, Rūnanga Kaunihera, Whare o Runga

Kaunihera Tapuhi o Aotearoa, Te

1. Nursing Council of New Zealand.

Kaunihera Whakatūpato Waipiro o Aotearoa, Te

1. (loan) (personal noun) Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand, ALAC.

manukura

1. (noun) person held in high esteem, leader in council, leader.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 78-99;)

Hei te 2 o ngā rā o Mei i ia tau, i ia tau, ka tuwhera te Kauhanganui, ka hui ngā matariki, ngā manukura, ngā whakamarumaru (TP 1/12/1900:4). / On 2 May each year, the King's Parliament opens and the leading lights, the leaders and guardians assemble.

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See also manu

Synonyms: manu, kaitaki, kaitātaki, kaiārahi, kākākura, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, wheao, tumuaki, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, manu taupua, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, kaiwhakanekeneke, tātāriki, amokapua, amokura, ariki, ihorei, kahika, tātarariki, poutoko, whakataka, amorangi, hautū, kaihautū

Toi Aotearoa

1. (noun) Creative New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand.

Toi te Taiao

1. (noun) The Bioethics Council.

Whakawhanaunga o Ngā Hāhi, Te

1. (noun) Council of Churches.

Kaunihera o ngā Neehi Māori, Te

1. (loan) National Council of Māori Nurses.

Kaunihera Whiriwhiri

1. (loan) Executive Council.

Komiti Ture o te Rūnanga Tohutohu a te Karauna

1. (loan) Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

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