2. (noun) book, paper, letter, document, pamphlet, sheet (paper), manuscript, stationery, volume, petition, roll, memorandum, treaty, newspaper, proclamation.
Kua tae mai te pukapuka a tētahi Pākehā i tuhituhi ai (TW 31/8/1878:2/430). / A pamphlet written by a Pākehā has been received.
Synonyms: reta, manatu, pānuitanga, mātārere, pānui, rārangi ingoa, whakatakahuri, pākiki, pitihana, petihana, pukapuka inoi, takahuri, kōpiupiu, whakarārangi, hurihuri, pīrori, rōra, rōru, perehi, niupepa, nūpepa, pepa
Tiriti o Waitangi
1. (loan) (noun) Treaty of Waitangi.
He mea āta whakaaro rawa e ia tana whakatairanga i te whai manatanga o te Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi, arā hoki tāna i tino kōkiri ai ko te whakaherenga o te Ture Penehīni o 1937 (TTR 1998:109). / He was also keen to promote Māori rights under the Treaty of Waitangi, this was especially so during talks on the Petroleum Act 1937.
Ohu Kai Moana, Te
1. Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission.
I tana pānga e te mate rehu ohotata i te tau 1993 me te poronga atu o ōna waewae i te mate huka, haere tonu ai ia ki ngā hui a Te Ohu Kai Moana mā runga tūru wīra (TTR 2000:49). / After he had a stroke in 1993 and his legs were amputated because of diabetes, he continued attending the meetings of the Treaty of Waitangi Fisheries Commission in a wheelchair.
kawenata
1. (loan) (noun) covenant, testament, charter, contract, agreement, treaty - any undertaking that binds the parties in a permanent and morally irrevocable relationship.
Ka horahia he kawenata kia kaua ngā rākau o taua ngahere e tuaina mō āke tonu atu. / A covenant was placed on that forest that trees would never be felled.
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
Waikerepuru, Te Huirangi Eruera
1. (personal name) Ngāti Ruanui, Tāngahoe; Orator, educator and activist for Māori language revival and indigenous rights. Following a career as a building tradesman, moved into trade training and became prominent in adult education in Māori language revitalisation. Having developed language instruction programmes turned his attention to broadcasting recognising its value in promoting Māori language use. Led the case through to the Privy Council that the NZ Government should recognise and protect Māori language as a 'taonga under the principle of the Treaty of Waitangi' in the allocation of New Zealand's broadcasting assets. Following this successful challenge Huirangi returned to Taranaki where he has become the single most dominant figure in guiding the regeneration of Taranaki's distinct regional dialect. Received an Honorary Doctorate from The University of Waikato in 1995 for his achievement in both tertiary education and Māori language communities.
Hopihana
1. (loan) (personal name) Hobson - William Hobson (1792-1842), colonial governor in 1841 and was involved in drafting the Treaty of Waitangi.
...ēnei te aroha o Kuīni Wikitōria ki ngā iwi Māori i whakahaerea e Hopihana Kapetana, Roia Kāwana o Nui Tīreni, i te 6 o ngā rā o Pepuere, 1840 i Waitangi, tae noa ki ngā Kāwana o muri i a ia... (TW 22/6/1878:8/316). / This is the affection of Queen Victoria to the Māori tribes organised by Captain Hobson, Royal Governor of New Zealand on the 6th February, 1840 at Waitangi, including the governors after him.
