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whakaneke

1. (verb) (-hia) to cause to move, relocate.

I muri mai i te pakanga kāore i tutuki tāna i mea ai kia whakakorea atu te rōpū hōia tauira, ka whakaneke ake ai i ngā mahi toi, puoro, whakaari hoki (TTR 2000:24). / After the war he unsuccessfully proposed to remove the cadet corps and move to more art, music and drama.

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2. (modifier) moving, shifting.

Ko Kāpene Pereiha i whai kupu whakaatu ki a Wī Tako Ngātata kia rongo ia kua kī te Kāwanatanga i tērā Whare i Raro kia hurihuri anō rātou i te tikanga whakaneke ake i te nui o ngā mema Māori ki te Pāramete (TWMNT 16/11/1875:275). / Captain Fraser made a speech informing Wī Tako Ngātata that in the Lower House the Government had said that they would increase the number of Māori members in Parliament.

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Synonyms: nekehanga, pānekeneke


3. (noun) moving, relocating.

Nō te tau 1959 i tukua e Kuini tana tūranga mahi mō te Tari Māori, pai ake i te whakaneke atu i a ia ki Te Papaioia (TTR 2000:222). / In 1959 Kuīni resigned from her position in Māori Affairs to avoid having to relocate to Palmerston North.

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Synonyms: panuku, wana, whakaaroharoha, nekehanga, whakaaroha, whakanekeneke

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