kaupapare
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to turn in a different direction, divert, avert.
I whai wāhi atu a Te Rangihau ki tētahi komiti a ngā Minita kāwanatanga, he āta tirotiro te mahi ki te waihanga i tētahi kaupapa hou, tōtika ake, hai kaupapare i te paheketanga o te hunga kōrero Māori o Aotearoa (TTR 2000:172). / Rangihau was involved in a ministerial committee that investigated the establishment of a new and more effective scheme to stop the decline in the numbers of Māori-speaking people in New Zealand.
