takahitanga
1. (noun) walking, tramping, travelling.
I te takahitanga mai a Pīhopa Herewini i te rohe o Taranaki ki te tonga i Noema o 1861, ka puritia mārire e ētahi o ngā iwi (TTR 1990:163). / When Bishop Selwyn walked through the southern Taranaki region in November 1861 he was forcibly detained by some of the tribes.
2. (noun) infringement, breach, violation.
I te tau 1909 ko Te Mete tonu te tuatahi ki te haina i te pitihana a Tana Taingākawa e pā ana ki ngā takahitanga i te Tiriti o Waitangi (TTR 1994:95). / In 1909 Te Mete was the first to sign Tana Taingākawa's petition concerning breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi.
