whakaaetanga
1. (noun) acceptance, approval, agreement, consent, permission, licence.
He aha tēnei mea te Tiriti? Ko te tikanga ki te reo Māori, he whakaaetanga i waenganui i ētahi iwi whaimana e rua, maha atu rānei, he whakaaetanga nā aua iwi ki ētahi tikanga whānui e pā ana ki a rātau (TTT 1/4/1922:6). / What is this thing the Treaty? In the Māori language it is an agreement between two, or more, nations, an agreement by those nations to some general procedures concerning them.
Synonyms: raihana, pukapuka raiheni, tūtohu