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