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mātauranga noho hapori

1. (noun) social studies.

mahi pāpāho

1. (noun) media studies.

pukapuka tātaki

1. (noun) study guide.

Puna Rangahau, Te

1. Centre for Māori Studies and Research at The University of Waikato.

Pūtahi a Toi, Te

1. (noun) School of Māori Studies (Massey University).

whai mātauranga

1. (transitive verb) (learn) study.

mātai oro

1. (noun) acoustics (field of study).

mātai pūhanga

1. (noun) engineering (field of study).

mātai tinana

1. (noun) anatomy (field of study).

mātai waipēhi

1. (noun) hydraulics (field of study).

akomanga

1. (noun) class.

E kowhetetia ana tētehi akomanga e te māhita mō te kore i whakarongo ki ngana tohutohu (HKKT 2011:19). / A class is being admonished by the teacher for not listening to his instructions.

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2. (noun) classroom.

Ka rawe kē ngā pānui whakaahua a ngā tamariki e iri mai ana ki tō rātou akomanga (PK 2008:14). / The children's posters hanging in their classroom were excellent.

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3. (noun) course (of study), training course.

Kua rahi ake ngā akomanga me ngā whare whakaako mō ngā kaupapa whakaari, ngā whakaari, kapa haka, kanikani hoki (Te Ara 2015). / There are more courses and institutions for visual arts, drama, Māori traditional performing arts and dance.

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akoranga hapori

1. (noun) social studies.

mātai

1. (transitive verb) (investigate) study.

pekanga mātauranga

1. (noun) (field of study) discipline.

ako

1. (verb) (-hia,-na,-ngia,-ria,-tia) (ākona) to learn, study, instruct, teach, advise.

Ko ngā tamariki e uru ana ki tō runga kura o Hukarere e ākona ana ki te taka kai, ki te nēhi tūroro, ki te tuhituhi ringa poto (TKO 1/12/1917:12). / The children entering the upper school of Hukarere are being taught to prepare food, to nurse the sick and to write shorthand.
Ko ngā mātauranga e akoria ana ko te reo Ingarihi, kōrero pukapuka, tuhituhi me te mapi (TTT 1/7/1925:264). / The subjects being taught are English, reading writing and geography.

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Synonyms: whakaakoako

tari

1. (loan) (noun) office, department, study.

Kei te Tari Māori tana tari. / Her office is at the Māori Department.

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Tumu, Te

1. (personal noun) School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies (University of Otago).

Wānanga o Waipapa, Te

1. (location) Department of Māori Studies (University of Auckland).

whakaakoranga puāwaitanga

1. (noun) classical studies.

whakaakoranga

1. (noun) subject, course of study, teachings, doctrine.

Kia mau i te tamaiti ngā whakaakoranga i roto i te whare wānanga (M 2006:14). / The child should take hold of the teachings of the sacred house of learning.

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