whakakaupapa
1. (verb) (-tia) to institute, formulate, devise, plan, set up, establish, arrange in a coherent way.
I te wā e whakakaupapatia ana te Ture Kaunihera Māori me te Ture Whakahaere i ngā Whenua Māori o 1900, ko Tūreiti tētehi nā Timi Kara i akoako (TTR 1996:212). / At the time that the Māori Councils Act and Māori Lands Administration Act of 1900 were being formulated, Tūreiti was one person that James Carroll consulted.
Synonyms: whakatūtū, rahurahu, tikanga, whakangārahu, mahere, whakatakoto, whakamahere, hoahoa, pēwheatanga, take, whakatakotoranga, whakaaro, tītakataka, kaupapa, tātai
2. (noun) logic, planning, proposal, project, lay out.
Mārama tonu tana whakakaupapa i ana tohenga, ā, he wahapū tana whakatakoto i aua tohenga nei (TTR 1996:239). / His arguments were logical and eloquently stated.
Synonyms: whakatakoto, hoahoa, tahora, hoa, rora, kaupapa, marohi, whakariterite, whakamahere, whakatakatū, pūrero, hingonga, hinonga, whakawhana, kounu, koutu, whakatakanga, kūmore, kūrae
