2. (verb) (-a,-ia) to make, build.
I te tau 1927 he mema tūāpapa ia nō te peka o te Rōpū Taitamariki Māori o Te Tai Hauāuru, ā, he mea whakatū anō hoki a ia ki te Kaunihera o Whanganui i te tau 1936, he tūranga i mau tonu i a ia tae noa ki te wā i whakahangahanga ake anō i taua kaunihera i te tau 1945 (TTR 2000:156). / He was a foundation member of the West Coast branch of the Young Māori Party in 1927, and in 1936 was appointed to the Whanganui Māori Council, a position he held until it was reconstituted in 1945.
Synonyms: mea, hangahanga, waihanga, whaihanga, mahi, hanga, āhua
3. (noun) diplomacy.
Kitea ana te mana me te manawanui o Hēnare i ana kōrerotanga ki a Eva Rickard, te wahine whakakorikori nei me ana kaitautāwhi i Waitangi i te tau 1984, me te tino whakahangahanga o tana whakahaere i te whakaingoatanga i Te Ara-o-Hinehopu, ki te ingoa kē o Te Ara-o-Hongi i Te Rotoiti i te tau 1988 (TTR 2000:72). / Henare’s mana and patience were seen in his talks with activist Eva Rickard and her supporters at Waitangi in 1984, and by his diplomacy over the renaming of Hongi’s Track at Rotoiti from Te Ara-o-Hongi to Te Ara-o-Hinehopu in 1988.
