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hanga

1. (verb) (-a,-ia) to make, build, fashion, create.

Kāore i roa i muri mai ka tae mai ngā hōia, ka whakaaratia anō e rātau taua pou haki, ka kaha atu hoki te mahinga i tō mua hanganga, arā, ka hangaia ki te maitai (TPH 30/6/1903:4). / Not long after that the soldiers arrived, that flag pole was re-erected and it was built stronger that that of before, that is it was built of steel.

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Synonyms: hangahanga, mea, waihanga, whakahangahanga, whaihanga, mahi, āhua


2. (-a,-ia) to enact, draft, execute - especially of legislation.

I te tau 1947 ka tangohia te pukapuka ture o Westminster (i whakamanahia e te pāremata o Peretānia i te tau 1931) e Aotearoa. Nā tēnei mahi ka pūmau ki te kāwanatanga o Aotearoa anake te mana ki te hanga ture mō Aotearoa (Te Ara 2015). / In 1947 New Zealand adopted the Statute of Westminster (passed by the British Parliament in 1931). This confirmed that the New Zealand Government alone had the power to enact laws for New Zealand.

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3. (noun) build, stature, shape.

Ina rā, te pūhutihuti me te mā o ngā makawe, te kikorangi o ngā whatu, te tāroaroa o te hanga, te paipa i te waha, he pāhau te kanohi, me tana kāmeta mau haere tonu e pūhia ana e te hau kaha o Pōneke (TTR 1996:188). / Tall, bearded, with a shock of white hair and blue eyes, pipe in mouth, ever-present scarf flicking about in Wellington's stiffer breezes, he was instantly recognisable (DNZB 3:493).

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Synonyms: āhuahanga, taratarai, ahuahu, auaha, ata, pokepoke, tārai, tārei, āhua


4. (noun) construction, practice, habit, goods, products, thing, property.

E kore e taea te tatau i ngā hanga katoa o tō māua whare (TWM 13/8/1868:10). / It would be impossible to count all the products in our building.

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Synonyms: kame, mea, rawa, taonga, utauta, āhuatanga, hautaonga


5. (noun) group (of people).

Kei roto te hanga tautoko e pakipaki ana, e umere ana, kei waho te hanga mautohe e kaioraora ana (PK 2008:73). / The supporters were inside clapping and applauding, while outside the protestors were acting menacingly.

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Synonyms: tētahi tangata, iwi, nuinga, hunga, tāngata, pori, ētahi tāngata

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