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koronga

1. (noun) purpose, intention, aspiration.

I taua hui nei, ka hangaia e ngā Māori o Te Wairarapa tētehi petihana hei tautoko i te kāwanatanga Rīpera a Tā Hōhepa Waari, ā, ko te koronga, mā Tūreiti e hari atu taua petihana ki a Timi Kara (TTR 1996:213). / At that gathering the Māori of Wairarapa prepared a petition to support the Liberal government of Sir Joseph Ward and the intention that Tūreiti would take the petition to James Carroll.

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Synonyms: kaupapa, tikanga, tātai, aronga, hoaketanga, whāinga, take

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