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rūnanga

1. (verb) (-tia) to discuss in an assembly.

Ka mutu tā rātou tangi, ka rūnangatia anō e rātou kia haere ki te tārai haumi mō tō rātou waka (TWMNT 11/9/1872:113). / When they had finished weeping, the consensus was that they should go and fashion an extension for their canoe.

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2. (modifier) holding counsel.

I ngā rā o mua, i te wā o te Pākehā kīanō i noho i ngā motu nei, he iwi rūnanga te Māori ki te rapu tikanga mō rātou, ā he iwi āta rapurapu i ngā mea e ora ai, e toa ai, ā e noho mana ai te Māori, ā he iwi rongo ki ō rātou rangatira, ā e ui ana mātou, kei hea te mea o ā te Pākehā kōrero e kōrero nei i te pāremata i rerekē atu i ā te Māori rūnanga o mua (TW 28/9/1878:479). / In former times, at the time when the Pākehā had not yet settled in these islands, the Māori were a people that held counsel to seek processes for themselves, and they were a people that carefully investigated the things whereby they would live, succeed and maintain their status, and they were a people who listened to their leaders, and we ask, what is it that Pākehā say in parliament that is different from what Māori did in councils in former times.

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3. (noun) council, tribal council, assembly, board, boardroom, iwi authority - assemblies called to discuss issues of concern to iwi or the community.

Nā te rūnanga i Pēria i whakahaere te kāwanatanga o te rohe, me te whakawā ina te wānangatia ki roto i te whare rūnanga (TTR 1990:321). / The council at Pēria provided local government and also dispensed justice, after discussion in the meeting house.

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4. (noun) legislative assembly.

Ko Te Mākarini te tangata nāna i whakapuaki tēnei whakaaro i roto i te Rūnanga o te Kāwanatanga, ā, whakapaingia ana e ngā Pākehā katoa o taua Rūnanga (TWM 26/9/1867:1). / Mr McLean was the person who expressed this view in the Legislative Assembly of the Government and it was approved by all the Pākehā members of that Legislative Assembly.

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