poraka
1. (loan) (noun) introduced frogs, green bell-frog, Litoria aurea , southern bell-frog, Litoria raniformis - two very similar introduced frogs which are larger than native frogs. The southern bell-frog is browner than the green bell-frog.
whakauru
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia,-tia) to insert, put in, enter, apply, enrol, introduce, include, substitute.
Ko ngā purei Ingarihi kua whakaurua ki roto ki ngā tamariki, ā ahuareka rawa ana rātou ki ngā mahi kiriketi, pōro, aha atu (TWMNT 13/1/1874:11). / English games have been introduced among the children, and they really like cricket, football, and other games.
2. (verb) to form an alliance, join, ally oneself with.
Whakauru mai ana hoki ngā hapū e whā o Heretaunga i raro i tō rātou rangatira, i a Te Hāpuku (TTR 1990:204). / The four hapū of Hawke's Bay also formed an alliance under their chief, Te Hāpuku.
Synonyms: haumi, honohono, pūtahi, tūhono, tūhonohono, kuhukuhu, whakakapiti, porotūtaki, porotūtataki, uhono, hono, tāpiri, pāhekoheko, hiki, tūhoto, uru, whakamoemoe, whakatapoko
3. (modifier) admission, entrance, enrolling.
Ko te karakia whakauru mō ngā mema me whakahaere i roto i te whare karakia (TP 10/1910:4). / The admission service for the members should be held in the church.
4. (noun) enrolment, registration, admission, entry, participation.
Synonyms: whakaurunga, rēhita, rēhitatanga
5. (noun) membership.
Ko te whakauru ki taua karapu me ngau te tangata ki te paepae hamuti, kātahi anō ka mana ki te whai kī i roto i taua whakaminenga (TTT 1/2/1927:533). / For the membership of that club a person must undertake an initiation ritual and only then is he able to have speaking rights in that assembly.
Synonyms: mematanga
6. (noun) ally.
Ka whakakaongia e Te Waharoa tāna ope taua, o Ngāti Hauā, o Ngāti Maniapoto, o Waikato; kātahi, ka haere ki te whakapā atu ki ōna whakauru o Ngāi Te Rangi i Tauranga (TTR 1990:2). / Te Waharoa gathered together his army of Ngāti Hauā, Ngāti Maniapoto and Waikato warriors and then went to join his Ngāi Te Rangi allies at Tauranga.
2. (location) the distance, a long way away.
He hangariki ngā whetū ki te titiro atu, nā te mea e noho ana ki tawhiti (PK 2008:74). / Stars appear to be small because they are situated a long way away.
3. (modifier) from abroad, foreign, exotic, introduced.
I te pānga o te urutā taru tawhiti i 1918 ka whakahōhiperatia a Tūtāmure (TTR 1994:6). / When the introduced epidemic of 1918 struck the Tūtāmure meeting house was turned into a hospital.
4. (noun) distance, distant locality.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 63-64;)
Mai i taua wāhi ki te tari o te Kānara, e whitu māero pea te tawhiti (HP 1991:180). / From that place to the Colonel's office was approximately seven miles distance.
2. (noun) notification, indication.
He whakamōhio tēnei i te whakaaro nui, i te aroha me te mamae o te iwi mōna kua wehe (TTR 1996:100). / This was an indication of the esteem in which he was held and the sincere affection of the people for him on his departure.
Synonyms: whakaatu, whakaaturanga, kupu whakaatu
kōkuhu
1. (verb) (-a,-na,-tia) to insert, introduce, intrude (into a series or company).
Ki te kīia tō reo e te reo kōkuhu he ngoikore, i te mea kāore e taea e ia te ao hou te kōrero, me kī atu koe, "Aua atu. Hei aha mā mātou." (HM 2/2009:10). / If it is stated by the introduced language that your language is weak, that it's not able to talk about the modern world, you should say, "So what. That doesn't matter to us."
2. (verb) (-a,-tia) give secretly, give quietly, give surreptitiously - used of giving koha in person directly and unobtrusively to the rangatira or a member of the bereaved family at a hui or tangihanga.
I ētahi wā kua heria hunatia atu te whakaaro ki te wharemate. Ko tērā whakaaro mā te kirimate. Kāore he whaipānga atu o te marae ki tērā whakaaro. I ētahi wā kua kōkuhutia atu te whakaaro ki roto i te ringa o te rangatira o te tangata whenua i te wā e ohaoha ana, e rūrū ana rānei (TWK 39:16). / Sometimes the gift is taken secretly to the people in the place where the body lies. That gift is for the bereaved family. The marae has no claim on that gift. Sometimes the gift is given surreptitiously into the hand of the leader of the local people at the time when they are each other or shaking hands.
See also koha
3. (modifier) surreptitiously, furtively, secretly, covertly.
Kāore rānei ngā Māori kōpūrua e haere kōkuhu atu ki taua takiwā tapu ki te hari atu i ana hani whakamate? (KO 15/1/1885:8). / Will the vacillating Māori go surreptitiously to that area of prohibition to take his destructive weapon?
Synonyms: tārehu, torohū, toropuku, whakamokeke, muna, ngaro, tōngā, hū, puku
4. (noun) insertion, insert.
Ka taea anō te whai i te tikanga o ngā tauira o runga ake nei, me te kōkuhu atu i te ‘kore’ ki roto (HKK 1999:83). / The use of the pattern above can also be used with the insertion of 'kore'.
whakatō
1. (verb) (-hia,-kia,-ngia) to plant, introduce, insert.
E pai ana kia ruia te witi i Mei, ā, ka tika te whakatō i te kānga i Ākuhata ki ētahi whenua; ko te nuinga ia, ki muri mai nei whakatō ai (MM.TKM 1855:13). / It's fine to sow wheat in May and maize can be planted in August on some land, but the majority is planted later than that.
See also whakatōnga
Synonyms: tanu, pou, tipu, tou, rākau, rumaki, tiri, tiritiri, kōkō, whakatōtō, whakatopatopa, marotiritiri
2. (verb) (-kia,-ngia) to cause to conceive, fertilise.
Mā te tātea o te tāne e whakatō te kākano o te wahine kia hapū ai ia (PK 2008:880). / The male's sperm fertilizes the woman's seed so that she becomes pregnant.
3. (modifier) planting.
Kei Ōtākou, kei Ākarana, rawa anō, kua nui haere te whakaaro ki reira ki te mahi whakatō rākau (TWMNT 28/7/1874:185). / In Otago and Auckland, a large amount of attention had been given to the task of tree-planting.
Synonyms: rerenga, rumaki, whakatōtō, whakatōnga, marotiritiri, pounga, ono, whakatiputipu
4. (noun) planting.
Tīhema. Ko ngā mahi mō tēnei marama, rite tahi ana ki ō tērā kua pahemo atu rā, arā, te mahi kāri, te whakatō purapura, te ngaki otaota, te hanga taiepa, te kāta rākau, te waruwaru i ngā hipi, me te whakamaroke i ngā tarutaru hei kai mā te hōiho (TKM.MM 16/12/1861:20). / December. The work for this month is the same as that for the one just passed, that is, working the garden, planting out seeds, weeding, erecting fences, carting wood, shearing the sheep, and making hay as food for the horses.
kōkohu
1. (verb) to give something secretly or quietly - used of giving koha in person directly and unobtrusively to the rangatira or a member of the bereaved family at a hui or tangihanga.
See also kōkuhu
2. (verb) to introduce surreptitiously.
Kia kore ai e tutū te puehu i āta haere noa te kōkohu mai a Īhaka i ngā take nei, arā, i te whakahaere o ngā karakia hou, ture hou rānei a te Hāhi (TTR 2000:93). / To avoid disruption, Īhaka surreptitiously introduced these matters slowly, whether it was the organisation of the new liturgy, or new rules of the church.
reo kōkuhu
1. (noun) introduced language, foreign language, colonists' language.
Ki te kīia tō reo e te reo kōkuhu he ngoikore, i te mea kāore e taea e ia te ao hou te kōrero, me kī atu koe, "Aua atu. Hei aha mā mātou." (HM 2/2009:10) / If it is stated by the introduced language that your language is weak, that it's not able to talk about the modern world, you should say, "So what. That doesn't matter to us."
pae ārahi
1. (noun) person who introduces guests to the local people.
I te nuinga o ngā hui whenua a te Minita ki ngā rohe Māori, haere ai a Te Raumoa hei kaiwhakamārama reo, hei pae ārahi atu hoki i te Minita ki te iwi (TTR 1998:5). / At most of the land gatherings in the Māori districts, Te Raumoa acted as interpreter and introduced the minister to the people.
tarutawhiti
1. (noun) introduced illness, influenza, pneumonia, consumption, tuberculosis - sometimes written as two words, i.e. taru tawhiti.
E māuiui ana a Te Huruhuru i te tarutawhiti (TTR 1990:200). / Te Huruhuru was sick with tuberculosis.
See also taru tawhiti
Synonyms: niumōnia, mate niumōnia, pūkahu kakā
2. (noun) thing from abroad, foreigner, outsider, alien.
Kāore kē tēnei tarutawhiti e mōhio nō tōku momo kē tēnei rohe (TTTT 2006:92). / Doesn't this foreigner know that this area belongs to my sort.
poroka
1. (noun) introduced frogs, green bell-frog, Litoria aurea , southern bell-frog, Litoria raniformis - two very similar introduced frogs which are larger than native frogs. The southern bell-frog is browner than the green bell-frog.
Te putanga mai o tētahi poroka i roto i tōna whare raupō i waenga repo, ka pānuitia e ia ki ngā manu katoa ka taea e ia te whakaora ngā mate katoa (Popi 1887:53). / A frog emerged from inside of his raupō house in the middle of the swamp and announced to all the birds that he was able to cure all diseases.
Synonyms: poraka
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.
nei koa
1. the fact was - used to introduce explanatory sentences.
Nei koa kua whakamōhio atu te kōtiro i tana matua. / The fact was the girl had told her father.
See also nei
nei rā
1. the fact was - used to introduce explanatory sentences.
Nei rā kua rīria kētia ia e te kaiako. / The fact was that she had already been reprimanded by the teacher.
See also nei
ngeru
1. (noun) cat, Felis catus - introduced as a pet, feral cats are now also widespread.
Nāu, nā te Pākehā te kurī me te ngeru nāna i huna ngā kai o te motu nei, te weka, te kiwi, te kākāpō, te piopio, me te tini o ngā manu o te motu nei (TWMNT 23/4/1873:45). / It was you, the Pākehā that introduced the dog and the cat which destroyed the food of this country, the weka, kiwi, kākāpō, the piopio and the many endemic birds.
paihamu
1. (loan) (noun) common brushtail possum, Trichosurus vulpecula - an introduced cat-sized mammal with a long bushy tail, prominent ears and large dark eyes.
Tīmata ake te mahi a ngā tāhae nei, he hopu paihamu, he whakatipu hāpī (TTR 1998:65). / These fellows began the work of catching possums and growing hops.
