pahekotanga
1. (noun) joining, combining, cooperating.
Nā te pahekotanga o Pōhio ki a Te Maihāroa ka noho mōriroriro ia i te tini o ngā rangatira o Ngāi Tahu. E pukuaroha ana ki te tohunga, engari e whakahē ana ki āna mahi (TTR 1990:113) . / By joining Te Maihāroa, Pōhio alienated himself from the majority of the Ngāi Tahu leaders, who sympathised with the tohunga but did not approve of his actions.
Synonyms: tūhonotanga, hono