whakapaunga
1. (modifier) concluding.
Te putanga o te rongo o ngā pakanga a Te Kooti rāua ko Tītokowaru i ngā tau whakapaunga o te 1860, ka whakaaroaro te Kīngitanga ki te hiki anō i te ara o riri whakauaua ki te Kāwanatanga (TTR 1994:160). / When the news emerged of the battles of Te Kooti and Tītokowaru in the late 1860s, the King movement decided to resume the war with the government.
2. (noun) conclusion, ending.
I whānau mai a Āpihai Te Kawau i te whakapaunga o te rau tau 1700–1799 (TTR 1990:208). / Āpihai Te Kawau was born at the conclusion of the eighteenth century.
3. (noun) expenditure, consumption.
I whakahētia anō e ia te whakapaunga i te £20 miriona nuku atu mō ngā mahi nunui a te kāwanatanga i ngā tekau tau o 1860 me 1870 (TTR 1994:129). / He also criticised the expenditure of the £20 million or more for the government's major projects in the 1860s and 1870s.
