whakatuwheratanga
1. (noun) opening, opening ceremony.
Nāna i whakahaere ngā mahi taka kai mō te whakatuwheratanga o te whare nui i Waitangi i Pēpuere o te tau 1940, ā, tomokia ana hoki e ia te paepae, i te tānga o te kawa o taua whare (TTR 2000:41). / She organised catering for the opening of the meeting house at Waitangi in February 1940 and crossed the threshold first in the tapu removal ceremony of that house.
See also whakatuheratanga
Synonyms: whāinga, tarawaha, tomotomokanga, pūaha, wāhi, wāhinga, tāwaha, tomokanga, whakapuare, whakapuaretanga, whakatuheratanga, pūahaaha, puta, pūwaha, angotanga, waha, wherahanga, whakatuwhera, wherawhera, putanga, whakatuhera, puare
