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whakanōhanga

1. (noun) positioning, establishing.

Ko ia te mea i tute i a Te Heuheu i tōna whakanōhanga i tōna kāinga ki Puketapu, i Tuhua (M 2004:260). / She was the one who evicted Te Heuheu when he built himself a home on Puketapu at Tuhua.

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2. (noun) institution.

I ngā whakakitenga o Te Māori i huri haere rā i te Hononga o Amerika i te tau 1984, ka kaha kē atu te whānui atu o taua kaupapa; nō taua wā i tau ai te whakaae ki ngā karakia Māori tuku iho, hei karakia tīmata i te mahi whakatau i ngā whakanōhanga a te Māori rāua ko te Pākehā i te tākiri o te ata (TTR 2000:32). / That issue gathered pace with the exhibition, Te Māori, which toured the United States in 1984; at that time there was widespread acceptance of traditional Māori karakia and karakia to begin the official openings at dawn of Māori and Pākehā institutions.

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