2. (noun) transfer, conveyance, assignment.
Nō te whakawhitinga i te kawenga mō ngā mahi hauora Māori ki te Tari Māori i Ākuhata o te tau 1909, kīhai a Ākenehi Hei i arongia atu (TTR 1996:39). / When responsibility for Māori health work was transferred to the Native Department in August 1909, Ākenihi Hei was not considered.
3. (noun) transition.
Nōna te whakaaro kia pērā te whakawhitinga mai i te poi ki te haka (RMR 2017). / It was her idea that the transition from the poi to the haka should be done that way.
