2. (noun) wide step.
He mea hanga tēnei kaupapa i muri mai i te huatakitanga mai o Te Panekiretanga o te Reo, he kitenga nō ētahi he whānui rawa te tīkei a te tauira ka puta i ngā akoranga reo o roto kē o Te Wānanga o Aotearoa o taua wā rā ki Te Panekiretanga (HM 1/2010:11). / This programme was created after the commencement of Te Panekiretanga o te Reo (Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language), because some realised that the step for the student emerging from the language courses in Te Wānanga o Aotearoa of that time to Te Panekiretanga was too wide.
