2. (verb) (rangā,-a) to pull up by the roots.
E kore e taea te ranga i te rākau i te kaha tangata - he hōhonu rawa nō ngā pakiaka (TWMNT 8/9/1874:230). / The tree cannot be pulled up by human strength - because the roots are too deep.
3. (verb) to set in motion, transport.
Ko te kōrero hoki a Ngāti Tūwharetoa ko ngā pua manu he mea ranga mai nā Māui nō Hawaiki rā anō (M 2004:336). / Ngāti Tūwharetoa narratives say that the berry-bearing trees for birds were brought by Māui from Hawaiki.
Synonyms: whakarewa
4. (noun) group, team, company (of people).
Mō te nuinga o ngā kirimana tuhi marautanga pēnei, e rua noa iho ngā rōpū whai wāhi mai, arā ko tētahi ranga tuhi, me ētahi kāhui kaiwhakamāherehere hei āwhina i ia kaituhi (HM 3/1993:6). / For the majority of the curriculum writing contracts like this, there were just two groups involved, namely a writing team and some clusters of advisers to assist each writer.
5. (noun) shoal (of fish), school (of fish).
He nui noa atu te ranga ika e heke ana i taua awa i ngā tau katoa (TWMNT 24/3/1874:76). / Great shoals of fish come down that river every year.
Synonyms: matatuhi
-ranga
1. A suffix used to make verbs into nouns, sometimes called derived nouns, and the usual ending for verbs that take the passive ending -ria. These nouns usually mean the place or the time of the verb's action.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 88-89, 123-124;)
Ka tōmuri au ki taku akoranga i te whare wānanga. / I will be late for my class at university.
ranga mārō
1. (noun) do-or-die attack, death-or-glory mission.
Ranga mārō: He taua kāore e hoki, kia hinga rā anō te hoariri, kia mate rā anō ki te marae o te riri (M 2006:52). / Stern pathway: A war-party which will not turn back, until the enemy has been defeated, or they themselves fall on the field of battle (M 2006:53).
Muri-ranga-whenua
1. (personal name) an ancestor of Māui, responsible for giving him her jawbone and all the powers it possessed. He used the jawbone to beat the sun to make him go slower, and as a hook to fish up the North Island.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 63, 73;)
Ka noho i tōna matua, ka kite i ngā tāngata e haere ana ki te kawe kai mā tōna tupuna, mā Muri-ranga-whenua, ka ui atu, "Mā wai ngā kai e kawea nā e koutou?" (NM 1928:12). / When he sat with his father he saw people going to take food for his ancestor, Muri-ranga-whenua, and he asked, "Who is that food that you are carrying for?"
koromiko tāranga
1. (noun) koromiko tāranga, Hebe stenophylla - a shrub found throughout the North and South Islands in forests and on the banks of streams. The light green leaves are narrow and lance-shaped. White to lilac flowers appear in profusion in summer.
See also kōkōmuka tāranga
2. (noun) Veronica stenophylla - bushy shrub bearing pairs of very narrow leaves that have small pits near margin inhabiting central Aotearoa/New Zealand. Leaves to 87mm long by 9.5mm wide, upper side dotted. Flowers white, tubular, in spikes to 95mm long.
