2. (loan) (noun) sovereignty.
Nā reira, ko te kuīni he tohu noa iho o te mana kīngitanga o te Pāremata o Ingarani (RT 2013:28). / And so the queen is just a symbol of the sovereignty of the Parliament of England.
mana motuhake
1. (noun) separate identity, autonomy, self-government, self-determination, independence, sovereignty, authority - mana through self-determination and control over one's own destiny.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 6;)
Ka riro i a Te Wherowhero te mana motuhake o tērā rohe, i huaina ai ko te Rohe Pōtae (HP 1991:282). / Te Wherowhero obtained autonomy of that territory, which was named the Rohe Pōtae (the King Country).
Synonyms: tino rangatiratanga, motuhaketanga, rangatiratanga
tino rangatiratanga
1. (noun) self-determination, sovereignty, autonomy, self-government, domination, rule, control, power.
I roto i tēnei nūpepa ka whai huarahi a Tāwhiao ki te tautohe me āta whakamāori te Tiriti o Waitangi kia kore ai e riro te tino rangatiratanga o te iwi Māori i te kāwanatanga a te Pākehā (TTR 1990:310). / In this newspaper Tāwhiao had an avenue to argue for an interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi that not enable the colonial government to take away Māori sovereignty.
Synonyms: mana motuhake, motuhaketanga, rangatiratanga, kāwanatanga, rūri, tikanga, ture, awe, hiko, ihi, awenga, pū, mana whakahaere, kōmārohi, marohi, kaha, mārohirohi, mana, maru
motuhaketanga
1. (noun) independence, autonomy, self-determination, self-rule, self-reliance, sovereignty.
Otirā ko te tū o ngā mema Māori i roto i te pāremata tētahi o ngā mōrehu tohu o te motuhaketanga o te iwi Māori (TTT 1/7/1922:7). / But the establishing of the Māori members in parliament is one of the surviving symbols of the autonomy of the Māori people.
Synonyms: tino rangatiratanga, mana motuhake, rangatiratanga
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?
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!
Synonyms: kīngitanga, tino rangatiratanga, mana motuhake, motuhaketanga
