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pūtaiao pāpori

1. (noun) social science.

I te tau 1952, i oti i a ia tētehi tītohu mātauranga, ā, i tirohia anō hoki e ia me pēhea te āwhina atu a te kura mō te pūtaiao hāpori o te kāreti o te whare wānanga o Wikitōria i te kaupapa mō te whakaakoranga o ngā āpiha toko i te ora Māori (TTR 2000:20). / In 1952 he completed an education diploma, and he also looked at ways in which the School of Social Science at Victoria University College could help to train Māori welfare officers.

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