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whakahaerenga

1. (noun) operation, organisation.

Nō te tau 1962 i taka ki a Pūriri te mahi whakatakatū i ngā whakahaerenga mō te taenga mai o te kāhui ariki o Ingarangi ki Waitangi i te tau 1963 (TTR 2000:169). / In 1962 the preparations of the organisation for the 1963 visit of the English royalty to Waitangi fell to Pūriri.

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Synonyms: whakahaere, mahi, tōpūtanga, rōpū, anga


2. (noun) administration, proceedings.

I te whakahaerenga i te kēhi whakawā i a Rua Kēnana i Ākarana i 1916, i tino whakahīhī mārika tonu a Hāre Hongi i te rironga i a ia o te tūnga reo kaiwhakamārama me te tūnga kaiwhakaatu mō te taha o te ture (TTR 1996:187). / In the proceedings of the trial of Rua Kēnana at Auckland in 1916, Hāre Hongi was particularly proud that he had the role as interpreter and prosecution witness.

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