tautohetanga
1. (noun) place of contention, contending, disputing, dispute, debating, debate, disagreeing, disagreement, arguing, argument.
Nā te mea he whenua pai mō te whakatupu harakeke, ka waiho tonu a Maketū hei tautohetanga mā ngā iwi (TTR 1990:10). / Because it was good land for flax-growing, Maketū remained a place in contention for the tribes.
