whakamahere
1. (verb) (-tia) to plan, chart, map.
He momo kāpehu anō ā ngā kaumoana tōmua hei whakamahere i ngā hau moana (Te Ara 2014). / The early mariners also had types of compasses to chart the ocean winds.
Synonyms: mahere, mapi, whakangārahu, whakatakoto, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakakaupapa, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka, tātai, tikanga, kaupapa
2. (modifier) planning, charting, mapping.
I whai wāhi atu anō hoki ia ki ngā mahi whakamahere, whakatū i te wharenui i Kohunui, i Te Wairarapa ki te tonga, nō te tau 1956 i whakatuwheratia ai (TTR 2000:29). / She also had a part in the planning and building of the meeting house at Kohunui, southern Wairarapa, opened in 1956.
Synonyms: whakatakatū, whakariterite, whakakaupapa
3. (noun) plan.
Ko te kōrero a Te Whakatōhea, he whāwhāki kē nā Te Wākana i ā rātou whakamahere ki te āwhina i a Waikato, ki te whawhai ki ngā Pākehā, i patua ai (TTR 1990:59). / Te Whakatōhea claimed that the Reverend Carl Sylvius Völkner was killed because he informed the Pākehā of their plan to assist Waikato in their fight against the Pākehā.
