pūtaiao

1. (noun) science.

Ko te nuinga i kimihia ā-kaupapatia mai pēnei i te hākinakina, i te pūtaiao, i te pāngarau me te hauora (HM 2/1992). / The majority were sought according to topics such as sport, science, mathematics and health.

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Synonyms: mātauranga pūtaiao

mātanga pūtaiao

1. (noun) scientist.

Synonyms: kaipūtaiao, kaimātai pūtaiao

mātauranga pūtaiao

1. (noun) science, scientific technique.

I te tekau tau atu i 1990, i te whanaketanga o ēnei mātauranga pūtaiao, ka arotakengia anōtia te wā tae tuatahi ai te tangata ki Aotearoa (Te Ara 2011). / During the 1990s as the scientific technique developed the date that humans first arrived in New Zealand was re-assessed.

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kaimātai pūtaiao

1. (noun) scientist.

I ngā tau pokapū o te tekau tau atu i 1990, i inea e tētahi kaimātai pūtaiao ētahi poroiwi kiore i kitea i ētahi ana i Te Ika-a-Māui me Te Wai Pounamu (Te Ara 2015). / In the mid-1990s a scientist dated rat bones excavated from some caves in the North and South islands.

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Synonyms: mātanga pūtaiao, kaipūtaiao

taiwhanga pūtaiao

1. (noun) science laboratory.

pūtaiao pāpori

1. (noun) social science.

I te tau 1952, i oti i a ia tētehi tītohu mātauranga, ā, i tirohia anō hoki e ia me pēhea te āwhina atu a te kura mō te pūtaiao hāpori o te kāreti o te whare wānanga o Wikitōria i te kaupapa mō te whakaakoranga o ngā āpiha toko i te ora Māori (TTR 2000:20). / In 1952 he completed an education diploma, and he also looked at ways in which the School of Social Science at Victoria University College could help to train Māori welfare officers.

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