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whakakitenga

1. (noun) exhibition, exhibit, display.

I whakatūria he whakakitenga mō te haka me te poi: tērā tētehi haka hangareka, ko te 'Kiki te Poa' te ingoa, he haka i paingia e te wairua whakahuka, kaitaua hoki o taua wā (TTR 1996:126). / Exhibitions of haka and poi were held: one comic dance was 'Kiki te Poa' (Kick the Boer), appealed to the jingoistic spirit of the times (DNZB 1996:380).

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2. (noun) revelation, disclosure.

Ko te pānuitanga o taua whakaaturanga a taua tangata ki roto ki te Kāhiti Kāwanatanga o te Koroni ka kīia hei whakakitenga i taua whakaaetanga e mōhiotia ai kua whakaae rātou (RT 2013:109). / The publishing of that man's notice in the Government Gazette of the Colony discloses that agreement so it is known that they have given their consent.

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Synonyms: tūhuratanga, whakakite, whāki, whākinga

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