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