tākutatanga
1. (loan) (noun) doctoring skill, medical practice.
Me kawe mai tō tākutatanga, ō koutou tākutatanga rānei, ki ngā marae katoa o ō tātou motu ki te kawe i ā koutou rongoā hei whakakorenga atu i ngā mana me ngā tapu o ō tātou tūpuna (TJ 6/6/1899:6). / You should take your doctoring skills to all the marae of the country to carry your medicines to dispel the mana and tapu of our ancestors.
2. (loan) (noun) doctor’s position.
Kua nohoia e rātou ngā nohoanga teitei o te iwi Pākehā, arā, nohoanga kaiwhakawā, pirihimanatanga, hōiatanga, meihatanga, kāpene hōia, kāpene kaipuke, parakimete, rōiatanga, tākutatanga, minita karakia, me ērā atu mahi (TP 5/1906:11). / They also have occupied the high offices of the Pākehā people, such as positions of judges, policemen, soldiers, majors, army captains, captains of ships, blacksmiths, lawyers, doctors, parsons, and other occupations.
