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menetia

1. (loan) (noun) manager.

Ko te komiti whakahaere o tēnei kamupene he Māori katoa, ko te menetia me te hēkeretare he Māori, ngā karaka tokorima he Māori (TTT 1/2/1930:1977). / The operational committee of this company are all Māori, the manager and secretary are Māori and the five clerks are Māori.

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Synonyms: kaiwhakahaere

penapena rawa

1. resource management.

Synonyms: whakahaere rauemi

whakahaere

1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia,-tia) to organise, cause to go, conduct, operate, lead, execute, direct, manage, control, administer, institute, implement, perform.

Ka whakamārama hoki ia kua whakahaerea e tētahi rōpū he tikanga e tū ai he karapu (TKO 12/7/1918:8). / He also explained that a procedure had been instituted whereby a club could be established.

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Synonyms: tītakataka, whāwhā, whakamahi, tapahi, whakarite, whakatakoto, kōkiri, whaitaki, takitaki, tapa, whakaatu, whakaataata, whakahua, whakatūtū, mahi, hahaka, konumatā, haka, taki, matā, whakahaere tikanga, kaea, ārahi, arataki, huataki, tātaki, , whakataki


2. (noun) operation, organisation, control, administration.

Heoi anō, nā te hiahia tonu o Timi Kara ki te puri i ngā whakahaere, ka tohua e ia he tiamana ki ngā poari e popore ana ki te rīhi (TTR 1994:13). / However, because of James Carroll's desire to hold onto control, he appointed chairmen to the boards who favoured leasing.

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Synonyms: mahi, whakahaerenga, tōpūtanga, rōpū, anga

mana whakahaere

1. (noun) governance, authority, jurisdiction, management, mandate, power.

I runga i ngā whakatītina a ētahi tino rangatira Māori tonu nei, arā, a Timi Kara rāua ko Kererū, kua āta titiro ngā mana whakahaere i ngā mahi a Rua (TTR 1996:179). / On the encouragement of some high-standing Māori leaders, particularly James Carroll and Kererū, the authorities had maintained a close watch over Rua's activities.

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Synonyms: mana, kōmārohi, kaha, tino rangatiratanga, marohi, mārohirohi, maru, awe, hiko, ihi, awenga,

kaiwhakahaere whakapā

1. (noun) communications manager.

kaiwhakahaere kirimana

1. (noun) contracts manager.

kaiwhakahaere papamahi

1. (noun) floor manager.

kaiwhakahaere matua

1. (noun) general manager, chief executive officer (CEO).

I haere tonu i te wā ko Haami Piripi te kaiwhakahaere matua o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (HM 4/2008:1). / They continued during the time that Haami Piripi was the CEO of the Māori Language Commission.

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kaiwhakahaere matua - ratonga rangapū

1. (noun) general manager - corporate services.

kaiwhakahaere matua - pūtea, tari

1. (noun) general manager - finance, administration.

kaiwhakahaere rauemi

1. (noun) operations manager.

kaiwhakahaere hanga hōtaka

1. (noun) production manager.

kaiwhakahaere whakatairanga

1. (noun) promotions manager.

kaiwhakahaere hangarau

1. (noun) technical manager.

kaipupuri pūranga kōrero

1. (noun) records manager.

eke

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to get on, embark, board (a vessel), mount (a horse, vehicle, etc.), ride, accede - generally to place on something else.

I eke ia ki runga i te iata o tōna hoa, ka haere ki te whakarērere i te moana; ko te putanga o te pūrekereke hau, whati tonu atu te maihe o te kaipuke, ka hinga ki te moana (TP 1/6/1901:7). / He embarked on his friend's yacht and went to sail about on the ocean; a gust of wind blew and the mast of the ship snapped and fell into the sea.

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Synonyms: whakaae


2. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to come in to land, reach, beach, land and settle.

Ka eke a Whata ki runga ki tēnei whenua noho ai (JPS 1906:61). / Whata landed on this land to live.

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Synonyms: aweawe, tae


3. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to climb, ascend.

Ko tētahi maunga tino tiketike rawa ko Irihia; e rua rā tūturu e piki ana ka eketia ai te tihi (JPS 1927:350). / There was a very high mountain called Irihia, and ascending to the summit took two full days of climbing.

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4. (verb) to rise (as a star, etc.).

Ka eke te whetū o te ata (W 1971:27). / The morning star rose.

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5. (verb) to rise in swellings.

He mate pukupuku, ka papauku katoa te kiri, he eke nō te kiri (W 1971:261). / A cutaneous disease, covering all the skin, and having swellings of the skin.

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6. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to achieve, manage to reach, attain.

Ka mea anō a Tāwhaki ki a rātau, “Ee, kei te wene koutou kei eke te toru rau i a au! Kāti noa te harawene, e hoa mā!” (TAH 35:20) / Tāwhaki said to them, “Hey, you are all jealous that I might manage three hundred! Stop being jealous, my friends!”

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Synonyms: tutuki


7. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to exercise over, control, subject to, liable to.

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.

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8. (noun) riding, embarking, boarding (a vessel), mounting (a horse, vehicle, etc.).

E hia kē nei ngā mētara me ngā paraihe i riro mai i a ia mō te whutupaoro, mō te eke paihikara, mō te mekemeke me ērā atu whakataetae (TTR 1996:202). / He won many medals and trophies in football, cycling, boxing and other sports.

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rangatiratanga

1. (noun) chieftainship, right to exercise authority, chiefly autonomy, chiefly authority, ownership, leadership of a social group, domain of the rangatira, noble birth, attributes of a chief.

Kai whea tō rangatiratanga, tō ihi, tō mana, tō marutuna, tō maruwehi? (TPH 30/3/1900:2). / Where is your chiefly autonomy, your personal magnetism, your commanding presence, your inspiration?

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2. (noun) kingdom, realm, sovereignty, principality, self-determination, self-management - connotations extending the original meaning of the word resulting from Bible and Treaty of Waitangi translations.

Anō te whakauaua o te tapoko o te hunga taonga ki te rangatiratanga o te Atua! (PT Maka 10:23). / How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!

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Synonyms: kīngitanga, tino rangatiratanga, mana motuhake, motuhaketanga

whakahaere rauemi

1. (noun) resource management.

I tae mai ngā tāngata nō ngā tini whenua o te ao hei wānanga i te urunga atu o ngā iwi taketake ki ngā mahi tiaki taiao, whakahaere rauemi anō hoki. / People from around the world arrived to discuss indigenous people's involvement in conservation and resource management.

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Synonyms: penapena rawa

whakaaetanga whakahaere ngātahi

1. (noun) joint management agreement.

Ka hiahiatia he whakaaetanga whakahaere ngātahi ki waenganui i a Waikato-Tainui me te Waikato Regional Council, ā, ki waenganui hoki i a Waikato-Tainui me ngā māna whakahaere ā-rohe whānui (Special report in relation to the Waikato-Tainui Raupatu Claims (Waikato River) Settlement Bill 2010:5). / A joint management agreement was desired between Waikato-Tainui and the Waikato Regional Council, and also between Waikato-Tainui and the regional authorities.

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tikanga whakahaere

1. (noun) management practices.

Nō te hokinga tuarua o Hōri Kerei hei kāwana, ka whakahē a Taratoa i tana tikanga whakahaere i te motu (TTR 1990:160). / During George Grey's second term as governor, Taratoa opposed his system of management of the country.

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