whakaatu
1. (verb) (-hia,-ria,-tia,-ngia) to show, announce, notify, reveal, point out, disclose, display, demonstrate, model (clothing), exhibit, perform.
E whakaatu ana ngā reta tāroa i tuhia e tētehi ki tētehi i ngā tau atu i 1925 ki 1950, e ū tonu ana te aro mai o Te Rangi Hīroa ki te āhua o ngā mahi e ahu whakamua ana i Niu Tīreni nei, me ōna āwangawanga e pā ana ki te oranga o te Māori (TTR 1996:17). / The lengthy correspondence between them in the years 1925 to 1950 reveals Peter Buck's continued interest in developments in New Zealand and his concern for Māori welfare.
Synonyms: whakamōhio, pānui, whakaatuatu, tohu, tuhi, tūtohi, whakahahaki, tohutohu, arataki, tūtohu, tuwhiri, whakakite, whakapuaki, whāki, whāwhāki, puaki, whakakakau, hura, mataraharaha, tapa, whakaataata, whakahua, whakahaere, whakatūtū, mahi, hahaka, haka, tiata, whakaariari, whakaaturanga, whakaari, whakarite, tītohu
2. (noun) notification.
Kua tae te whakaatu ki a Tākuta Te Rangihīroa kua riro i a ia te paraihe a te Kura Nui o Ōtākou mō tana pukapuka i tuhituhia ai mō ngā mahi ā-ringa a te iwi Māori inamata (TTT 31/8/1921:7). / Notification has reached Dr Buck that he has won Otago University's award for his article written about the traditional Māori crafts.
Synonyms: whakaaturanga, whakamōhio, kupu whakaatu
kupu whakaatu
1. (noun) notice, notification.
He kupu whakaatu ki ngā hoa tuhi mai (TWMNT 9/2/1875:25). / Some notices to correspondents.
Synonyms: pānuitanga, whakaaturanga, whakaatu, whakamōhio
whakaatu kākahu
1. (noun) fashion show.
Ka taea e ngā rōpū ākonga te whiriwhiri tētahi kaupapa e tū ai tētahi momo ngahau nui tonu mā tō rātou hapori. Hei tauira, ko tētahi pō whakanui i tētahi tikanga Māori, i tētahi āhuatanga Māori rānei, ko tētahi whakaaturanga kapa haka, ko tētahi pō whakaatu kākahu rānei (Ha 1999:80). / Students are able to select a topic that involves holding a type of important entertainment for their community, e.g. a night celebrating a Māori custom or Māori function, a kapa haka performance, or an evening fashion show.
whakaatu hāora
1. (loan) (noun) sundial.
Kātahi a Īhāia poropiti ka karanga ki a Ihowā, ā whakahokia ana e ia te ātārangi tekau ngā nekehanga, o ngā nekehanga i heke iho ai i te whakaatu hāora a Ahata (PT 2Kingi 20:11). / So Isaiah the prophet cried out to the Lord, and He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz.
tohunga whakaatu
1. (noun) expert witness.
He wā kua puta ake ia hei tohunga whakaatu mō ngā tono whenua, i kōkiritia ai ngā tikanga me ngā herenga a te Māori i raro i te Tiriti (TTR 1996:115). / Occasionally, he appeared as an expert witness on land claims, and invoked Māori rights and obligations under the Treaty.
Tari Whakarōpū Tukuata, Tuhituhinga, Te
1. (loan) (noun) The Office of Films and Literature Classification. Now known as Te Mana Whakaatu - Classification Office.
See also Te Mana Whakaatu
