whakapuakanga
1. (noun) declaration, disclosure, statement, expression, pronouncement - an alternative derived noun form from whakapuaki.
I muri mai i te whakapuakanga atu o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, hui ake ana ngā māngai o ngā rohe iwi ki Te Poho-o-Rāwiri i Tūranga, he tautoko nei tā rātau kia whakatūria tētahi hokowhitu Māori (TTR 2000:99). / After the declaration of the Second World War tribal representatives of the district met at Te Poho-o-Rāwiri, Gisborne, and supported the formation of a Māori battalion.
See also whakapuakitanga
Synonyms: tātaku, whakapuakitanga
