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whakawākanga

1. (noun) judgement.

I te whakawākanga o Te Mānia o Ngāti Whātua mō te whānako ka whakataungia e te ture me mau ki te herehere (TTR 1990:210). / At the sentencing of Te Mānia of Ngāti Whātua for theft the decision of the law was imprisonment.

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Synonyms: whakataunga, whakawā, kupu whakatau, kōtitanga

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