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whakahaere tikanga

1. (verb) to direct, superintend, govern, reign, lead, control, manage, administer, oversee, supervise.

Ko ia te Kīngi Māori tuatahi ki te tūtaki ki te Kīngi e whakahaere tikanga ana mō Peretānia i taua wā (TTR 1996:226). / He was the first Maori King to meet the reigning British King.

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Synonyms: kuīnitanga, arataki, huataki, tātaki, , konumatā, kōkiri, whaitaki, takitaki, whakataki, taki, matā, kaea, whakahaere, ārahi


2. (modifier) directing, governing, reigning, leading, controlling, managing, administering, overseeing, supervising.

Noho tonu tēnei āhua, hei tauira ki ngā rangatira whakahaere tikanga i roto i a Ngāti Porou - arā, te māia, me te ū ki te whakapono (TTR 1990:375). / This pattern would be characteristic of Ngāti Porou leadership during the 1860s - that is militancy and Christianity.

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Synonyms: arahanga, whakataki, aporei, takitaki, hautū

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