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.
Synonyms: whakataunga, whakawā, kupu whakatau, kōtitanga