turakanga
1. (noun) circumstance of throwing down, destruction, demolition - derived noun form from turaki.
I tonoa atu a Waitiri ki te Kāreti o Te Aute kura ai, engari nā te turakanga a te rū i tētahi wāhi o te kura i Te Matau-a-Māui i te tau 1931, i mutu wawe ai tana kura (TTR 2000:240). / Waitiri was sent to Te Aute College to be educated, but because of destruction by the earthquake of part of the school in Hawke's Bay in 1931, his schooling was cut short.
