2. (modifier) democratic.
Ka whakatewhatewha ngā ākonga i ngā huatau me ngā pānga o te ture, ngā kāwanatanga, ngā pūnaha manapori, ngā take ahurea me ngā tikanga o te tangata whenua me ngā manene o Aotearoa (Tikanga 1997:23). / The students will investigate the ideas and the influences of the law, the government, the democratic systems, cultural matters and the customs of the indigenous people and the immigrants of New Zealand.
3. (noun) democracy.
He manapori a Aotearoa i raro i ngā whakahaere o tētahi pāremata; ko te kuīni te māngai (Te Ara 2011). / New Zealand is a parliamentary democracy and the queen is the monarch.