Results for 'Wānanga'
wānanga - study, analyze; seminar, a place of learning
Wānanga, n. 1. Lore of thetohunga, occult arts. Haere ki to korua tipuna, ki a Timuwhakairia, kia akona korua ki te wananga hei ngaki i to korua mate.—Ka hua te mahara, ka hua te wananga (M. 152). Whare wananga, house for instruction in occult lore.
2. Instructor, wise person. Kihai i tae ki nga pukenga, ki nga wananga, ki nga tauira (M. 355). = tohunga.
3. A small waka used by the tohunga in certain rites.
Williams Dictionary
wananga. 1. n. Threatening, defiant words and behaviour. No ena toa, no ena korero, no ena wananga, no ena kaitaua (T. 88). Tukua te wananga (M. 318).
2. v.i. Act in a threatening, blustering manner. Te tupua i nguture, te tupua i wananga (M. 210). He mouri ka muha, ka tara, ka korero, ka wananga (W.M. viii, 49).
3. v.t. Threaten. I wanangatia a Raumati e Hatupatu.
Williams Dictionary
I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga i te waru karaka.
Me and my friend drove to uni at 8 o'clock.
Simple sentences: past tense - i
Me noho koutou ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa.
You (3+ including listener) should stay at the WÄnanga.
Simple sentences: you should - me
He aha tō mahi i Te Wānanga o Raukawa?
What are you going to do at Te Wānanga o Raukawa?
What are you doing? - He aha tāu mahi?
Kei te whare wānanga ngā tauira.
The students are at the university.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
I te tau 1984 ka haere au ki te whare wānanga.
In 1984 I went to university.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
I te mutunga o te wānanga ka ngana a Koa ki te whakawehe i ōna mātua.
At the conclusion of the wānanga Koa attempted to separate his parents.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te
I taraiwa māua ko taku hoa ki te whare wānanga.
Me and my friend drove to uni.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Te hui a te rua karaka, hei te whare wānanga.
The 2 o'clock meeting will be at the university.
Telling time - kara
Kāore ngā tauira i te whare wānanga.
The students are not at the university.
Negation of locatives - kāore...
Ko Te Kūhā te marae e wānanga ai tātau.
Te Kūhā is the (specific) marae where we hold a learning session.
Specifically - ai
Kei te kimi te whare wānanga i tētahi tangata e hāngai nei ngā tohu mātauranga hei whakaako.
The university is looking for a suitably qualified person to teach.
Katoa ngā ākonga o te whare wānanga i tae atu ki te hui.
All the students of the university attended the meeting.
Ā muri i te kura ka haere ētahi tauira ki te whare wānanga.
After school, some students will go to the whare wānanga (place of higher learning).
He tohunga katoa ki ā rātou kaupapa ngā kaiako o tēnei whare wānanga.
The teachers at this university are all experts at their subject.
He tauira ahau ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa
I am a student at Te WÄnanga o Raukawa
He tauira ahau ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa ki Ōtaki.
I am a student at Te Wānanga o Raukawa in (or at) Ōtaki.
Ā muri i te kura ka haere ngā tauira ki te whare wānanga.
After school the students will go to university (the house of learning).
E hia ngā tauira o te whare wānanga nei?
How many students are in this university?
He whakahaere wānanga te mahi a te ratonga hauora Māori tūmatanui, a Hāpai Te Hauora ki Rotorua i tēnei rā ki te kōkiri i te kaupapa me te whakaaro, mā te reo hoki e ora ake ai ngā hapori.
Today Māori public health provider Hāpai Te Hauora hosted a symposium in Rotorua to advance the idea and says this could also be a factor in creating healthier communities.
