tikanga akuaku
1. (noun) hygiene rules, hygienic practices.
Kei roto e mau ana te tohe a Te Pōpi, arā, kia mōhio rā anō te Māori ki ngā tikanga akuaku, ka pāpāngia tonutia rātou e te tahumaero (TTR 1996:137). / Contained in it was Pope's argument that until Māori understood the rules of hygiene they would continue to be vulnerable to disease.
See also akuaku