hongere
1. (noun) channel.
Uru ana ngā whenua katoa e takoto ana ki te hauāuru o ngā Hakihona o te Tonga me ngā whenua i te awa o te Temu tae noa ki te moana i karangatia ko te Hongere Ingirihi (KO 15/10/1887:6). / It encompassed all the lands lying to the west of the South Saxons and the lands from the River Thames right to the ocean called the English Channel.
2. (noun) television channel.
Me whakatū tētahi hongere whakaata irirangi Māori (HM 4/1996). / A Māori television channel should be established.