taumahatanga
1. (noun) liability, difficulty, obligation, handicap, disadvantage, burden, drawback, impediment.
Ko te pūtake o tēnei haere he whakaaro nā Āpirana Ngata rātou ko ōna hoa mema o Te Tai Rāwhiti kia kite ngā mema o te Pāremete i ngā taumahatanga o ō rātou takiwā, arā i te kore rori, i te kino rānei o ngā rori, i te kore arawhata mō ngā awa, i te kore rerewē, i te kore wahapū; kia huihui ai te Pāremete ka tautokona ngā tono moni hei whakamāmā i ngā taumahatanga o Te Tai Rāwhiti (TKO 31/3/1921:3). / The purpose of this trip was an idea that Āpirana Ngata and his fellow members of the East Coast had that the members of Parliament should see the difficulties of their region, that is the lack of roads or how bad the roads are, the lack of bridges for the streams, the lack of railway transport, the lack of wharves; so that when Parliament assembles the financial requests to alleviate the difficulties of the East Coast will be supported.
Synonyms: kawenga, takohanga, kawenga taumaha, utanga, here, herenga, tāpae toto
kawenga
1. (noun) load, pack, burden, luggage.
Heoi, ka noho nei te taniwha, ko tana mahi, he patu i ngā tira haere; arā, he kai i ngā tāngata, horopuku tonu, ahakoa he kawenga tā te tangata, ka horomia pukutia e taua taniwha (JPS 1905:200). / And so the taniwha remained there. His occupation was killing the travelling parties - that is, he used to swallow them whole, even if they had loads on their backs they were swallowed up by that taniwha.
Synonyms: wahanga, pīkaunga, puru, tueke, haringa, pāka, pīkau, pōrukuruku, pēke, whakawhāiti
2. (noun) obligation, liability.
I nāianei ki te whakaritea ngā kawenga a te ture i whakaae ai ki runga ki ō tātau whenua, kāore rawa e tata atu ki te taimaha o ngā kawenga kei runga i ngā whenua Pākehā. Ko ngā whenua papatipu kāore e eketia e te reiti (TTT 1/7/1922:8). / Currently, if the legal liabilities that are authorised on our lands are compared, the burden is nowhere near as heavy as it is on Pākehā properties. Māori land held under customary title is not subject to rates.
Synonyms: taumahatanga, takohanga, kawenga taumaha, utanga, here, herenga, tāpae toto
