arotake
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to evaluate, review, audit.
I te tekau tau atu i 1990, i te whanaketanga o ēnei mātauranga pūtaiao, ka arotakengia anōtia te wā tae tuatahi ai te tangata ki Aotearoa (A 2017). / During the 1990s, with the development of these scientific understandings, these dates of the first of humans to Aotearoa/New Zealand were re-assessed.
2. (noun) review, audit survey.
He whai hīranga tērā te taupori o te iwi Māori i te rautau 1700 hei tūāpapa mō te arotake i te panonitanga o te taupori (A 2015). / The population of Māori in the 18th-century provides an important basis for surveying the change in population.
Synonyms: arotakenga, tātaritanga
