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tīkape

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to move, flick out (with a stick).

Hei tā Timi Kara, mā tēnei e kore ai te kōti e pōkia e te hāmenetanga; heoi anō, he whakautu tēnei nā te kāwanatanga ki te whakatau a te Kaunihera Motuhake a te Kīngi, arā, ki tā te ture noa, kāore e taea e te Karauna karāti te tīkape, te whakakore noa atu rānei, te taitara whenua papatipu a te Māori (TTR 1994:13). / According to James Carroll, the court could not prevent a rush of litigation; in fact, this showed it was the government's response to a Privy Council decision which held that, under common law, native customary title could not simply be set aside or extinguished by Crown grants.
Ka kite tonu koe e pahū mai ana i roto i te ngārehu, ā, kua rere atu koe me tō rākau ki te tīkape mai ki waho, ā, kua kai koe i tō kānga (HM 3/10:3). / When you see it popping in the embers you move with your stick to flick it out and then you eat your corn.

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Synonyms: panuku, whakakorikori, , konikoni, hūnuku, onioni, oreore, kareu, whakangāueue, rangaranga, kaneke, neneke, ngatē, ngeungeu, oraora, pakuku, pīoraora, heke, nuku, ki hori, hiki, takataka, ngatete, kori, tākiri, koni, korikori, neke, paheke


2. (verb) (-a,-tia) push aside, spurn, set aside.

Hei tā Timi Kara, mā tēnei e kore ai te kōti e pōkia e te hāmenetanga; heoi anō, he whakautu tēnei nā te kāwanatanga ki te whakatau a te Kaunihera Motuhake a te Kīngi, arā, ki tā te ture noa, kāore e taea e te Karauna karāti te tīkape, te whakakore noa atu rānei, te taitara whenua papatipu a te Māori (TTR 1994:13). / According to James Carroll, the court could not prevent a rush of litigation; in fact, this showed it was the government's response to a Privy Council decision which held that, under common law, native customary title could not simply be set aside or extinguished by Crown grants.

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Synonyms: tārewa, taunaha, motuhake, tahi, wehe, whakatārewa, tāpui, tauira

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