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panoni

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to change.

Nō te taenga ki Aotearoa, ka panoni ngā tikanga me ngā taputapu hī ika a te Māori kia tika ai ki Aotearoa (Te Ara 2012). / When they arrived in New Zealand the Māori adapted their methods and fishing gear to suit New Zealand conditions.

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2. (noun) change.

Atu i te tekau tau o 1980, nā te whakaputanga o te mana wahine me te panoni o te ōhanga me te hapori o Aotearoa, ka piki te āhua o ngā wāhine (Te Ara 2012). / From the 1980s onwards, because of improvements in the status of women and economic and social changes in New Zealand, there was an improvement in the situation for women.

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3. (noun) transformation (maths).

Ko te panoni te whakarerekē i te āhua, te wāhi noho, te rahi rānei o tētahi mea. E whā ngā panoni matua: ko te whakaatanga, ko te hurihanga, ko te nekehanga, ko te whakarahinga (TRP 2010:191). / Transformation is the process of changing the shape, position or the size of an object. There are four main transformations: reflection, rotation, translation, and enlargement (TRP 2010:191).

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