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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 Wānanga.
Simple sentences: you should - me

He aha 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 mutunga o te wānanga ka ngana a Rangi ki te whakawehe i ōna mātua.
At the conclusion of the wānanga Rangi attempted to separate his parents.
Past - specifying a particular time - i te

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 tauira ahau ki Te Wānanga o Raukawa
I am a student at Te Wānanga 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.

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 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.

#51: Our tomato is red
#69: Who is the woman singing?
#161: I have been forgotten by your name
#68: Colonel Musard in the ballroom wirh the dagger
#102: I did not go, I was not going, I am not going
#101: We are arguing. No we're not!
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