pēwheatanga
1. (noun) plan, method.
Kei te kimi ngā pirihimana me kore e kitea te pēwheatanga i uru ai taua paihana ki te tī i kai ai aua manuhiri (KO 17/6/1887:3). / The policemen are seeking to find the method whereby the poison was put into the tea that those guests drank.
Synonyms: tikanga, tukanga, tāera, huarahi, kaupapa, tātai, whakangārahu, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere, hoahoa, take, whakakaupapa, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka