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whitianga

1. (noun) crossing over, voyage.

I te haerenga o Tama-āhua ka mahia tōna waka, a ‘Te Moana-waewae,’ ka karangatia e ia te kauika pakakē kia whakawhitia ia ki rāwāhi, ki Hawaiki. I tōna whitianga ka tukua mai te haeata kia tau ki runga o Poua-kai (JPS 1915:39). / For Tama-āhua's journey, he prepared his canoe, named ‘Te Moana-waewae', and he called a school of whales to help him to cross to the other side, to Hawaiki. On his journey, he sent a beam of light to land on Pouākai.

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2. (noun) diameter.

Whakamahia te tāporowhita, ka tuhi ai i tētahi porowhita e toru mitarau te whitianga (TRP 2010:262). / Use the compass and then draw a circle three centimetres in diameter.

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