tukanga
1. (noun) process, method, procedure, course of action.
I whakamāramatia e te kaumātua rongonui nō Ngāti Porou, e Apirana Ngata, te whakapapa, ...ko te tukanga o te whakaraupapa i tētahi mea i runga i tētahi mea (Te Ara 2013). / East Coast elder Apirana Ngata explained that whakapapa is ...the process of laying one thing upon another.
Synonyms: tikanga, pēwheatanga, tāera, huarahi, hātepe
