whakatakanga
1. (noun) mission, preparation, project.
Nā ōna mōhiotanga, nā tāna atawhai matawhāiti, nā tōna hiringa me tōna mātauranga tōrangapū, i pērā rawa ai te angitu ōna ki tēnei whakatakanga āna (TTR 1996:112). / His intelligence, tact and persistence and political skill brought him considerable success in this mission (DNZB 1996:363).
Synonyms: mīhana, whakareri, whakatikatika, whakatakatū, whakatakataka, whakatika, whakapai, hinonga, koutu, kūmore, kūrae, pūrero, hingonga, kounu, whakawhana, whakakaupapa
2. (noun) breaking.
Nā kua mau ahau ki tōku tokotoko ki a Ātaahua, tapahia putia ana e ahau, he whakatakanga i taku kawenata i whakaritea e ahau ki ngā iwi katoa (PT Hakaraia 11:10). / And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people.
3. (noun) surrounding, encircling.
E hoa, e Te Kāwana, kia rongo mai koe ko te take o tēnei pukapuka i tuhia atu ai ki a koe, he nui nō tō mātou pōuri mō te whakatakanga e Ngāti Rarua i a mātou i Whakatū, i Waimea, i ngā wāhi katoa o tērā taha, puta noa atu ki Arahura (JPS 1959:275). / Oh friend, Governor, you should know that the reason for this letter being written to you is our great concern at being encircled by Ngāti Rarua at Nelson, at Waimea and all the places on that coast right as far as Arahura.
