kāwanatanga
1. (loan) (noun) government, dominion, rule, authority, governorship, province.
Ka mea a Te Wōkera, he tini ngā pukapuka kua tae mai, he tini anō hoki ngā whakaaro tangotango i ngā tikanga o taua ture whakawā whenua Māori, kua tae mai ki te kāwanatanga (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Vogel said that much documentation had arrived and that many submissions on the provisions of that Māori Land Court law had also reached the government.
Synonyms: porowini, tikanga, tino rangatiratanga, ture, rūri