whakapata
1. (noun) ancient times, the distant past, antiquity, olden times.
Kāore i pērā rawa te rere kē o ngā whakaaro o ngā kaitito o whakapata i ō ngā kaitito o moroki nei (Kāretu 2009:1). / The thoughts of composers of antiquity were not very different from those of modern composers.
Synonyms: inamata, tua whakarere