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kaupapa - topic, theme, plan, subject

Kei te kōrerotia te kaupapa e ia. - She is talking about the kaupapa.

te mahi tahi te kaupapa e ai.
Through cooperation the kaupapa will get off the ground or be realised.
Through (one thing/action), (a second thing) will be achieved. - Mā te... ka...; mā... e... ai

Kei te kōrerohia te kaupapa e te kaiako.
The topic is being discussed by the teacher.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Kāore i te kōrerotia te kaupapa e ia.
The kaupapa is not being talked about by her.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kāore te kaupapa i te kōrerotia e ia.
The kaupapa is not being talked about by her.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kāore te kaupapa e kōrerotia e ia.
The kaupapa will not be talked about by her.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kāore te kaupapa i te kōrerohia e te kaiako.
The topic is not being discussed by the teacher.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

Kāore e kōrerotia te kaupapa e ia.
The kaupapa will not be talked about by her.
Negating passive sentences - Kāore... e...

He kaupapa āna?
Does she have some things on?
Do you have any...? - He... ?

He aha taku kaupapa kōrero?
What is the theme of the conversation?
What? - He aha?

He aha te kaupapa o tēnei akoranga?
What's the subject of this lesson?
What? - He aha?

Ko tēhea kaupapa te mea pai rawa ki a koe?
Which subject do you like the most?
Which - Ko tēhea?

Ka oti te kaupapa i a Mia.
The project will be finished by Mia.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

Kua tutuki te kaupapa i a Ataahua.
The plan was accomplished by Ataahua.
Statives with 'i' - i a, i te, i ngā

te kaupapa au i haere ai.
Because of the purpose, I went.
For what reason? - nā te aha ai?

Hei whakawhiti whakaaro te kaupapa o te hui.
Exhanging idea was the purpose of the meeting.

Ko te ako i te reo Māori te kaupapa hei kōrero māu.
Leaning the Māori language is the theme for you to talk about.

reira, māku e kawe ai tātou nei tikanga, kia tīmata ai tātou nei kaupapa, tātou nei karaihe, i te pai, i te ora, i te hari.
Therefore, I will carry out our customs, so that our purpose, our class, may begin in goodness, in wellbeing, and in happiness.

I runga anō i te kaupapa o te hui.
In accordance with the theme of the meeting.

Kātahi anō ka uri ki a koutou, ki a koutou e ngā tauhira. Tēnei he mihi whakatau. Nau mai, piki mai, kake mai ki tātou kaupapa o te pōkaitahi reo.
Now I turn to you, to you the esteemed ones. This is a welcoming greeting. Welcome, come forward, step up into our shared kaupapa of unity in language.

Ki tēnei taumata o te kaupapa, mauri mai i ake, i ō maunga, i ō awa, i ō whakapapa, pepeha.
To this level of the kaupapa, bring with you your own life force—from your mountains, your rivers, your genealogies, your pepeha.

He kaupapa tāku.
I've got something on.

He tohunga katoa ki ā rātou kaupapa ngā kaiako o tēnei whare wānanga.
The teachers at this university are all experts at their subject.

Ko te kaupapa o te hui, ko te whakakotahi i te whānau.
The theme of our meeting is family unity.

He whakahaere wānanga te mahi a te ratonga hauora Māori tūmatanui, a Hāpai Te Hauora ki Rotorua i tēnei ki te kōkiri i te kaupapa me te whakaaro, 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.

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