tāpaetanga
1. (noun) offering, donation, contribution, presentation.
Ka tau ki te tau 1904, ka tono reta atu a Te Kāhui ki a Te Rangi Hīroa, e inoi ana ki tērā kia haere atu hei tākuta mō rātou, me tētehi tāpaetanga ki te whakatū i ētehi whare hauora mōna i Rāhotu me Ōkato (TTR 1996:216). / In 1904 Te Kāhui wrote to Peter Buck asking for the latter's services as doctor, and offering to establish health clinics for him at Rāhotu and Ōkato.
Synonyms: koha, whakahere, whāngai hau, tuku, whakaaturanga, whakawhiwhinga, whakatakotoranga
2. (noun) submission.
Whakaititia ake anō hoki ngā tāpaetanga kōrero i tukua atu e Te Matakite ki ngā komiti whiri a te Pāremata, i ngā mahi taupatupatu noa a ngā rōpū nei (TTR 2000:43). / Also, the submissions that Te Matakite made to the parliamentary select committees were diminished by the disputes amongst these factions.
