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pānui

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to announce, notify, advertise, publish, proclaim.

He tika anō kia pānui utu kore mātou i taua pānui a Te Makeparena rāua ko Te Wiremu, he mea hoki, kua pānui utu kore ētahi o ngā nūpepa o ngā motu nei (TW 15/6/1878:298). / It's only right that we publish that notice of Messrs Macfarlane and Williams for no payment as some other newspapers of these islands have also published it free.

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Synonyms: whakaatu, whakamōhio, whakaputaputa, paki, kauwhau, kauhau, tauākī, whakaputa, perehi, whakakawenata,


2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to read, speak aloud, narrate, recite.

Māku e pānui ngā whakaritenga ki te rōpū (PK 2008:581). / I will read out the arrangements to the group.

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Synonyms: rīti, kōrero, whakahua, whakataki, tātaku, kauwhau, kauhau, taki, tapa, whakahuahua, takitaki


3. (noun) public notice, announcement, poster, proclamation.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 197-205;)

E ngā tāngata e tuku mai ana i ā koutou pānui kia pānuitia ki te 'Tiupiri' hei mātakitaki mā ngā motu e rua nei, kia mārama tā koutou tuku mai me te tuhituhi (TJ 21/12/1899:11). / The people who are submitting notices to be published in the 'Jubilee' for these two islands to see, please write clearly.

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Synonyms: pānui whakaahua, pukapuka, pānuitanga

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