petihana
1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to petition.
Nō te tau 1943 i petihanatia e ia me ērā atu o ngā kaumātua te Pāremata mō te take a Te Aupōuri rātou ko Te Rarawa ki te rangatiratanga o Te Whāro Oneroa-a-Tōhē (TTR 1998:78). / In 1943 he and other elders petitioned Parliament concerning Te Aupōuri and Te Rarawa ownership of Ninety Mile Beach.
Synonyms: pākiki, pitihana, pukapuka, pukapuka inoi
2. (loan) (noun) petition.
I te tau 1948, kīhai i momoho te petihana a Heke ki te Pāremata, ko tana tono rā kia uiuia ai te poraka e te Kōti Whenua Māori (TTR 2000:27). / In 1948 Heke's petition to Parliament to have the Māori Land Court investigate the block was unsuccessful.
