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.
Synonyms: kuīnitanga, arataki, huataki, tātaki, tā, 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.
