mahinga
1. (noun) place where work is done, activity, garden, fishery, cultivated area.
Hāunga tērā, kua whakawhanake ngā Māori i ngā mahinga tāpoi, me ngā kapa haka me ngā hāngī puta noa i ngā pokapū tūruhi o Aotearoa (Te Ara 2011). / Nonetheless, Māori have developed successful tourist activities, kapa haka concerts and hāngī around New Zealand’s tourist centres.
2. (noun) session of work, shift, stage.
E rua ngā mahinga tītī: ko te nanao ki te pī i te rua; ko te rama pī ka puea i ō rātou rua (Te Ara 2011). / There are two stage in harvesting muttonbirds (sooty shearwaters): nanao, when chicks are extracted from their burrows; and rama, when the chicks are caught by torchlight when they come out of their burrows.
