whiriwhiri

1. (transitive verb) confer.

whiriwhiri

1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to select, choose, pick.

Kua roa kē māua e whakatakoto mahere ana, e whiriwhiri ana mō āhea rā māua toro atu ai i a koe (HM 4/2009:4). / He and I had been planning and deciding for a long time when we would visit you.

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Synonyms: katokato, pika, kato, kōwhiti, whawhati, kōwhiri, kōhiti, kōwaewae, kōwae, kaiwhiri, māhiti, kōhari

2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to discuss, decide, consider, negotiate.

Ko ia tonu i te whiriwhiri i ngā whakahaere i te hokonga o Whanganui (TTR 1990:380). / He himself negotiated the Whanganui purchase.

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Synonyms: whakawhiti, whakawhitiwhiti

3. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to weave, plait.

Synonyms: whiri, raranga

4. (modifier) negotiating.

He maha ngā hui whiriwhiri whenua auau kē nei a ngā Māori rāua ko te kāwanatanga (TTR 2000:109). / There were many land negotiation meetings between Māori and the government.

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Synonyms: whakawhitiwhiti, whakariterite

5. (noun) negotiation, discussion.

I tīmata nei ngā whiriwhiri a Tainui me te kāwanatanga i ngā tau whakamutunga o te tekau tau atu i 1920 (TTR 1998:68). / Tainui began negotiations with the government in the late 1920s.

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Synonyms: whakaritenga

komiti whiriwhiri

1. (loan) (noun) select committee.

Tae rawa ki te tau 1930, kua noho kē a Paraire Paikea hei mema mō te Tokowhitu (he komiti whiriwhiri, tokowhitu ngā mema), i tērā wā ko te rōpū whakahaere tēnei o te Kotahitanga Rātana (TTR 1998:126). / By 1930 Paraire Paikea was one of the Tokowhitu (a select committee of seven members), and at that time this was the executive body of the Rātana Federation.

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