kōrero parau
1. (verb) to tell an untruth, lie, fib.
Kāore ia i rite ki te nuinga atu o ana hoa tōrangapū nā te mea kore rawa ia i akona ki te kōrero parau, ki te kōhetehete, papare kē rānei i te take (TTR 2000:47). / He was unlike many of his political colleagues, because he never learned to lie, to quibble, or to evade an issue.
2. (noun) lie, untruth, erroneous account, falsehood, fib, false evidence.
He take tēnei hei mahi māna, arā, ki te whakatikatika i ngā kōrero parau a te tangata (TTR 1996:187). / For him this was a duty, that is to correct people's erroneous accounts.
See also parau
Synonyms: kēā, papahu, tahupera, rūkahu, whakateka, teka, tito, tipatipa, tīpapa, kōrero teka, horihori, hori, pūkei, rūpahu, takoto, hāwatewate, pūkai, paraparau, patu taringa
whakataki
1. (verb) (-na) to go in search of, search out.
Whakatakina ai e koutou ngā tikanga o ngā karaipiture (PT Hoani 5:39). / Search the scriptures.
Synonyms: rangahau
2. (verb) (-na) begin a speech or talk, narrate, deliver (a speech).
Ā muri ake nei au āta whakataki ai i ngā mahi whakatipu hipi a Ngāti Porou i rongo nui ai tēnei iwi, engari he kupu ruarua nei āku mō tēnei mea, mō te ahuwhenua (TTT 1/10/1930:2159). / Later I will speak in detail about sheep farming in Ngāti Porou, which this tribe is well-known for, but I have a few words now about agriculture.
3. (verb) (-na) to trace, recite.
Ko te nuinga o tēnei oriori he whakataki i ngā whakapapa atua o roto i te whare wānanga, pērā i te nuinga atu o ngā waiata oriori a ngā tohunga (M 2006:222). / The greater part of this lullaby traces the genealogy of the atua of the house of learning, as with the majority of the lullaby songs of the tohunga.
Synonyms: whakahua, whakahuahua, pānui, takitaki, tātaku, kauwhau, kauhau, taki, tapa
4. (verb) (-na) to go to meet.
Ao ake te rā, i te ata, ka whakatika atu i te tāone ki te whakataki i te hoariri (MM.TKM 1/9/1860:38). / Next day, in the morning, a force set out from the town to go to meet the enemy.
6. (modifier) leading, introductory.
He kupu whakataki nā te kaiārahi (HM 3/1998:6). / Some introductory words by the leader.
See also kupu whakataki
Synonyms: takitaki, whakahaere tikanga, arahanga, aporei, hautū
7. (noun) evidence, testimony.
Ki ētahi kōrero e rima, e ono rānei ngā whenua i whakawākia e te Kōti Whenua Māori, a i whakataua ngā take i runga i ngā whakataki kōrero o te oriori nei (M 2006:38). / According to some accounts (the titles of) five or six lands were investigated by the Māori Land Court, and the rights were determined in accordance with the evidence contained in this lullaby (M 2006:39).
8. (noun) reciting, tempo, rhythm.
Ko te whakataki o te pātere he rōnaki tonu; ko te nuinga kāore i motumotuhia ki te whiti (M 2006:128). / The tempo of the pātere is an even one; generally there are no breaks between verses.
Synonyms: ūngeri, manawataki, ia, mita
whakaaturanga
1. (noun) exhibition, television programme, expo, demonstration, pageant, production, publicity, display, presentation, performance, show, exhibit.
I tū te whakaaturanga reo Māori a He Huia Kaimanawa ki te whare tapere o Te Rauparaha i Porirua i te 15-16 o Whiringa-ā-nuku 2009 (HM 4/2009:5). / The Māori language expo, He Huia Kaimanawa, was held at the Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua on the 15-16 October 2009.
Synonyms: whakawhiwhinga, tuku, tāpaetanga, whakatakotoranga, whakaputanga, whakatairanga, haka, purei, whakatangitangi, whakakite, tohu, tiata, whakaatu, whakaariari, whakaari, whakaatuatu, tohutohu, tītohu, hura, mataraharaha
2. (noun) notice, notification.
He mihi ake nō mātou ki tō whakaaturanga mai i te haupū moni mō ngā pīhopa e rua (KO 15/6/1885:4). / We thank you for your notification of the fund of money for the two bishops.
Synonyms: pānuitanga, kupu whakaatu, whakaatu, whakamōhio
3. (noun) testimony, evidence, description.
E mārama noa atu ana ngā whakaaturanga, mai i ngā tuhituhinga a Tā John Gorst o te tau 1864 (RT 2013:106). / The evidence from the writings of Sir John Gorst in 1864 is absolutely clear.
2. (noun) oratory, oration, formal speech-making, address, speech - formal speeches usually made by men during a pohiri and other gatherings. Formal eloquent language using imagery, metaphor, whakataukī, pepeha, kupu whakaari, relevant whakapapa and references to tribal history is admired. The basic format for whaikōrero is: tauparapara (a type of karakia); mihi ki te whare tupuna (acknowledgement of the ancestral house); mihi ki a Papatūānuku (acknowledgement of Mother Earth); mihi ki te hunga mate (acknowledgement of the dead); mihi ki te hunga ora (acknowledgement of the living); te take o te hui (purpose of the meeting). Near the end of the speech a traditional waiata is usually sung.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 243-247;)
Nā Rēweti Kōhere te whaikōrero mō tēnei take, ā ko tēnei hoki te tino take i kōrerotia i tēnei hui (TP 3/1904:10). / Rēweti Kōhere spoke about this matter and this was the main topic discussed at this meeting.
Synonyms: onetū, whaiwhaikōrero
3. (noun) oral evidence.
I tino kaha te tahuri o ngā Kaiwhakawā ki te whiriwhiri i ngā whaikōrero i tukuna ai ki te Kōti i ngā whakawā e rua (RT 2013:103). / The Judges set about vigorously discussing the oral evidence submitted to the Court in the two cases.
2. (noun) guarantee, assurance.
Nā reira, e kore mātou e kaha ki te hoatu kupu tūturu, kāore ngā kerēme ā muri ake nei e pā ki ngā whenua i roto i te rohe pānga o Te Roroa (RT 2013:34). / Therefore we will not be able to give assurance that future claims will not concern the lands in the Te Roroa territory.
taunaki
1. (verb) (-tia) to support, recommend, reinforce.
Koinei te wā i uru mai ai Te Tāhūhū o Te Mātauranga me tāna pūtea hei taunaki mai i te kaupapa engari he here anō i runga i taua pūtea rā (HM 2/1997:5). / This was the time when the Ministry of Education entered with its fund to support the project, but there were conditions on that funding.
Synonyms: marohi, tūtohi, whaikupu, tūtohu, whakaū, whakamarohi, whakakaha, aukaha, haukaha
2. (modifier) supporting.
Hāngai pū ana ēnei kupu ki te hunga taunaki mai (HM 3/1990:3). / These words are most appropriate for the supporters.
3. (noun) support, backing, encouragement, recommendation.
E whai nei tātou kia riro ko te reo Māori te reo whakaako i ā tātou tamariki, ā, me taku taunaki i tēnā whakaaro (HM 3/1995:5). / We are endeavouring to have the Māori language as the teaching medium with our children, with my support of that idea.
Synonyms: tautoko, kōkiri, marohi, kupu tohutohu, tohutohu, tūtohunga, kupu whakatau
4. (noun) evidence, testimony.
Ina oti katoa ngā taunaki te homai, ka pātai te Tiati i ngā rōia mehemea he kōrero ā rātou mō te ture e pā ana ki ngā mea e tautohetohetia ana (RT 2013:78). / When the evidence had all been presented the Judge asked the lawyers if they had anything to say about the law concerning the things being debated.
2. (modifier) clearly.
He kuatau nō Paikea ki te whenua i heke mai ai ia, ka kimi nei i Aotearoa nei i te wāhi e mau ariari ana te āhua ki taua Whāngārā-mai-tawhiti (TTT 1/10/1922:10). / It was because of Paikea's yearning for the land from which he had migrated that he sought a place in the North Island that clearly looked like that other Whāngārā-mai-tawhiti (distant Whāngārā).
3. (noun) clarity, resolution (of an image).
Ko te ariari te mārama o te kitea atu o ngā hanga ririki i tētahi whakaahua (RTA 2014:78). / The resolution is the clarity of the visibility of the fine detail in a photograph (RTA 2014:78).
2. (noun) window.
Ko te tito kōrero, he mataaho ki te ihomatua o te tangata (PK 2008:165). / Creative expression is the window into a person's mind.
3. (noun) viewfinder.
akatea
1. (noun) white rātā vine, Metrosideros albiflora, small white rātā, clinging rātā, Metrosideros perforata - vines with white, fluffy flowers. Metrosideros albiflora is found in northern North Island. Metrosideros perforata is a woody long-climbing vine. Leaves more or less circular, dark green above, pale green below, both surfaces covered in fineglandular spots (especially evident on leaf undersides). Flowers white (rarely pink) in dense, terminal, fluffy, clusters.
Synonyms: akatoki, aka, whakapiopio, torotoro, akatorotoro, koro
2. (verb) to be unfinished, incomplete.
I whakarērea e ia tāna mahi, he mea waiho kia hukihuki noa (RTA 2014:92). / He abandoned his task, leaving it unfinished.
3. (modifier) unfinished, incomplete, partial.
Nō tana oranga mai, ka mahi a Pēneti ki raro i a Meiha Tianara Howard Kippenberger i te Puna Kōrero Tuku Iho mō te Pakanga o te Tari Taiwhenua, e tuhi ana i tētehi tuhinga hukihuki mō te hītori o te hokowhitu Māori (TTR 2000). / After his recovery Bennett worked under Major General Howard Kippenberger with the War History Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs writing the draft of the Māori Battalion’s history.
4. (noun) spit for roasting food.
Me tunu tā tātou manu ki te hukihuki (PK 2008:151). / Our bird should be cooked on a spit.
5. (noun) draft, unfinished document, unfinished sample.
Ko te korowai i tukuna e koe, haere hukahuka ana (W 1971:68). / The korowai cloak that you sent came as a sample.
6. (noun) convulsion, spasm, twitch, seizure.
I a ia i te tangihanga mō te pouaru a Hopere, ka pāngia a ia e te hukihuki ohorere (TTR 1996:268). / While attending the funeral of Hopere's widow, he suffered a seizure.
7. (noun) swamp coprosma, Coprosma tenuicaulis - shrub up to 3 m tall with slender spreading branches often interlaced giving a twiggy appearance. Small leaves with a network of veins evident on both sides. Small round drupes are black.
Rangitahua
1. (location) Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands - oral traditions and archaeological evidence indicate that this was a stop-off place for some of the canoes with migrants to Aotearoa/New Zealand.
I te heke i Hawaiki ki Aotearoa, ka tū te waka ki Rangitahua ka patu a Turi i ngā kurī e rua hei whakanui i te atua a Maru (Te Ara 2013). / On the migration from Hawaiki to New Zealand, the canoe stopped at the Kermadecs and Turi killed two dogs as a sacrifice to the god Maru.
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.
whakapiopio
1. (noun) small white rātā, clinging rātā, Metrosideros perforata - a woody long-climbing vine. Leaves more or less circular, dark green above, pale green below, both surfaces covered in fineglandular spots (especially evident on leaf undersides). Flowers white (rarely pink) in dense, terminal, fluffy, clusters.
2. (verb) (-hia,-ria,-tia) to test, audition, examine - as in the examination of witness evidence.
Hei reira ka whai wā te rōia mō tērā taha me te rōia mō te tamaiti ki te uiui i te kaitono - hei tauira, kia mārama rawa ai tētahi kōrero āna, kia whakamātautia rānei tāna kōrero mehemea kei te tika, mehemea rānei ko te katoa o ngā kōrero (RT 2013:110). / At that point the lawyer for the other side and the lawyer for the child had an opportunity to question the applicant - e.g. to clarify something he said, or to examine his account to see if it is correct or it is the total story.
2. (noun) scout, advance guard.
Kua tukuna atu ngā torotoro ki te rorehape i ngā hoa i wehe atu i te ata nei, ka whakamōhio atu kua waipukehia te awa o Waitao (PK 2008:788). / Messengers have been sent to intercept the friends who left this morning to inform them that the Waitao river is in flood.
Synonyms: toro, hunuhunu, hūhunu, pūrahorua, tāpae, tūtai, tūtei, ārohi
3. (noun) hawser, cable (for securing a canoe).
He torotoro te ingoa o ērā taura o ngā punga (W 1971:439). / A hawser is the term for those anchor ropes.
4. (noun) small white rātā, clinging rātā, Metrosideros perforata - a woody long-climbing vine. Leaves more or less circular, dark green above, pale green below, both surfaces covered in fineglandular spots (especially evident on leaf undersides). Flowers white (rarely pink) in dense, terminal, fluffy, clusters.
See also akatea
Synonyms: akatoki, akatea, akatorotoro, aka, koro, whakapiopio
