Tōrangapū / Politics

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He rārangi kupu e pā ana ki ngā momo pūnaha tōrangapū, ki ngā momo whakahaere whenua.

A vocabulary list relating to political systems and forms of national administration.

ako raraupori Tūingoa

civic education, civics (takenga mai: ako - learn, teach; rarau [kirirarau] - citizen; pori [porihanga] - society)

angahaorawa Tūingoa, Tūāhua

capitalism, capitalistic (takenga mai: anga - structure, framework; anga - to face a certain direction; hao - acquisitive, greedy; rawa - property, resource)

angahāruki Tūingoa, Tūāhua

extremism, extreme (takenga mai: anga - structure, framework; anga - to face a certain direction; hāruki [hārukiruki] - very, extremely)

angakōpuni Tūingoa, Tūāhua

collectivism, collectivist (takenga mai: anga - structure, framework; anga - to face a certain direction; kōpuni - as a group, all together)

angangarengare Tūingoa, Tūāhua

totalitarianism, totalitarian (takenga mai: anga - structure, framework; anga - to face a certain direction; ngarengare - authoritarian, dictatorial, tyrannical)

angaparuhi Tūingoa, Tūāhua

idealism, idealistic (takenga mai: anga - to face a certain direction; anga - structure, framework; paruhi - to be perfect, complete)

angapori Tūingoa, Tūāhua

socialism, socialistic (takenga mai: anga - structure, framework; anga - to face a certain direction; pori [pāpori] - social)

angatakitahi Tūingoa, Tūāhua

individualism, individualistic (takenga mai: anga - structure, framework; anga - to face a certain direction; tahi - single, one)

angataratahi ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

isolationism, isolationist (takenga mai: anga -to face a certain direction; anga - structure, framework; taratahi - isolated, alone) (kupu kē atu: mōriroriro)

angatōpū Tūingoa, Tūāhua

communism, communistic (takenga mai: anga - structure, framework; anga - to face a certain direction; tōpū - as a group, united)

angatuahou Tūingoa, Tūāhua

postmodern, postmodernism (takenga mai: anga - to face a certain direction; anga - structure, framework; tua - beyond; hou - new, recent, modern)

angawhakapū Tūingoa, Tūāhua

fundamentalism, fundamentalist (takenga mai: anga - structure, framework; anga - to face a certain direction; whakapū - fundamentally, founding)

aparau Tūingoa, Tūāhua

bureaucracy, bureaucratic (takenga mai: apa - layer; rau - many)

ariā arohaehae Tūingoa

critical theory

ariā kakai Tūingoa

conspiracy theory (takenga mai: ariā - theory; kakai - conspire, plot, scheme)

ariā kaupapa Māori Tūingoa

kaupapa Māori theory

ariā tōrangapū Tūingoa

political theory

ariki ~tanga Tūingoa

paramount chief, lord, monarch, monarchy

arikitanga taparere Tūingoa

limited monarchy (takenga mai: taparere - restricted, limited, constrained)

arikitanga turepapa Tūingoa

constitutional monarchy (takenga mai: ture - law; papa [tūāpapa] - foundation, platform)

aroherekore Tūingoa, Tūāhua

liberalism (takenga mai: aro - to be inclined towards; herekore - free of restrictions)

aromatau Tūingoa, Tūāhua

right wing (politics) (takenga mai: aro - to be inclined toward; matau - right)

aromatau hāruki Tūingoa, Tūāhua

far-right, extreme right (politics) (takenga mai: aro - to be inclined toward; matau - the right; hāruki [hārukiruki] - very, extremely)

aromatau whakaweti Tūingoa, Tūāhua

alternative-right, alt-right (politics) (takenga mai: aromatau - right wing; whakaweti - threaten, bully, intimidate)

aromauī Tūingoa, Tūāhua

left wing (politics) (takenga mai: aro - to be inclined towards; mauī - left)

aromauī hāruki Tūingoa, Tūāhua

far-left, extreme left (politics) (takenga mai: aro - to be inclined toward; mauī - the left; hāruki [hārukiruki] - very, extremely)

aropori Tūāhua, Tūmahi Poro

socially responsive (takenga mai: aro - to take heed, to consider; pori [pāpori] - social)

arorautanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

multilateral, multilateralism (takenga mai: aro - to consider, have regard to; rau - many)

aroruatanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

bilateral, bilateralism (takenga mai: aro - to consider, have regard to; rua - two)

arotahitanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

unilateral, unilateralism (takenga mai: aro - to consider, have regard to; tahi - one)

arotini ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

populism, populist (takenga mai: aro - to be inclined towards; tini - multitude; arotini - popular)

arotorutanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

trilateral, tripartite (takenga mai: aro - to consider, have regard to; toru - three)

arowaenga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

centrism, centrist (takenga mai: aro - to be inclined towards; waenga - middle, amid, between)

arowheau Tūingoa, Tūāhua

conservatism, conservatist (political) (takenga mai: aro - to be inclined toward; wheau - stay, remain)

auroatanga pāpori Tūingoa

social continuity (takenga mai: auroa - prolonged, extended, drawn-out)

haepapa Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

responsible, responsibility, be responsibile for

haepapa hautū Tūingoa

leadership responsibility

haepapa kiritahi Tūingoa

individual responsibility (kupu kē atu: haepapa takitahi)

haepapa kiritōpū Tūingoa

collective responsibility (kupu kē atu: haepapa takimaha)

haepapa pāpori Tūingoa

social responsibility

haepapa raraupori Tūingoa

civic responsibility

hāhi-kore Tūāhua, Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

secular, non-religious

haumi rongomau Tūingoa

peace alliance

haumi tōrangapū Tūingoa

political alliance

haumi whakamaru Tūingoa

security alliance

hautū whakatauira Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

lead by example

hautūtanga Tūingoa

leadership

hautūtanga kauawhi Tūingoa

inclusive leadership, shared leadership

hautūtanga kaupare Tūingoa

exclusive leadership

hautūtanga manapori Tūingoa

democratic leadership

hautūtanga whakatuanui Tūingoa

autocratic leadership, authoritarian leadership

kahika Tūingoa

mayor, chief, leader (takenga mai: kahika - chief, leader) (kupu kē atu: koromatua)

kaikerēme Tūingoa

claimant (takenga mai: kerēme - claim [kupu mino]) (kupu kē atu: kaitono)

kaikimi punanga Tūingoa

asylum seeker

kaikiri Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūmahi Poro

racism, racial discrimination, racist (kupu kē atu: whakatoihara ā-iwi)

kaikiri toronaha Tūingoa

systemic racism (takenga mai: kaikiri - racism; toro - to stretch forth, extend; naha [pūnaha] - system)

kaikiri torowhare Tūingoa

institutional racism (takenga mai: kaikiri - racism; toro - stretch forth, extend; whare - building, people in a building)

kaimahi kāwanatanga Tūingoa

public servant, government worker

kaipōti Tūingoa

voter

kaipōti ā-rohe Tūingoa

constituent

kaitiakitanga Tūingoa

guardianship, stewardship

kaitono Tūingoa

candidate (takenga mai: tono - to apply for)

kaitōrangapū Tūingoa

politician (kupu kē atu: kiritōrangapū)

kaiwhakaatu Tūingoa

witness (takenga mai: whakaatu - to reveal, disclose, show)

kaiwhakapae Tūingoa

plaintiff, complainant, accuser (takenga mai: kai - prefix denoting agent; whakapae - to accuse)

kaiwhakawā Tūingoa

judge, arbitrator

kākano maha Tūingoa, Tūāhua

multicultural (takenga mai: kākano - descent, stock, lineage) (kupu kē atu: tikanga maha)

kākano rua Tūingoa, Tūāhua

bicultural (takenga mai: kākano - descent, stock, lineage) (kupu kē atu: tikanga rua)

kākano tahi Tūingoa, Tūāhua

monocultural (takenga mai: kākano - descent, stock, lineage; tahi - one)

kanorau ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

diverse, diversity, pluralism (takenga mai: kano - colour, sort, kind, seed, texture; rau - many) (kupu kē atu: matahuhuatanga)

kanorite Tūingoa, Tūāhua

uniform, uniformity, homogeneous (takenga mai: kano - colour, sort, kind, seed, texture; rite - be alike)

karere Tūingoa

envoy, messenger

karere ahurea Tūingoa

cultural envoy

karere rongomau Tūingoa

peace envoy (kupu kē atu: manu rongomau)

karere tauhokohoko Tūingoa

trade envoy

karere tōrangapū Tūingoa

political envoy

kauawhi ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūmahi Whiti

inclusion, inclusive, inclusiveness, include (takenga mai: kauawhi - to embrace)

kaumingomingo tōrangapū Tūingoa

political disorder, political chaos (takenga mai: kaumingomingo - state of confusion)

kaunihera Tūingoa

council (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

kaunihera ā-rohe Tūingoa

local council, district council

kaunihera ā-takiwā Tūingoa

regional council

kaunihera ā-tāone Tūingoa

city council, town council

kaunihera whakatōpū Tūingoa

unitary council

kaupapahere Tūingoa

policy (takenga mai: kaupapa - matter for discussion, plan, scheme, proposal; here - obligation)

kaupapahere hauora Tūingoa

health policy

kaupapahere mātauranga Tūingoa

education policy

kaupapahere pāpori Tūingoa

social policy

kaupapahere reo Tūingoa

language policy

kaupapahere tāke Tūingoa

taxation policy

kaupapahere tūmatanui Tūingoa

public policy

kaupare ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūmahi Whiti

exclude, exclusive, exclusion (takenga mai: kaupare - to divert, turn aside)

kāwana tianara Tūingoa

governor general (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

kāwanatanga Tūingoa

government (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

kāwanatanga ā-motu Tūingoa

central government, national government

kāwanatanga ā-rohe Tūingoa

local government

kāwanatanga haepapa Tūingoa

responsible government

kāwanatanga haumi Tūingoa

coalition government (takenga mai: haumi - in alliance)

kāwanatanga manapori Tūingoa

democratic government

kāwanatanga tātāmi Tūingoa

colonial government

kāwanatanga whakatuanui Tūingoa

authoritarian government

kawenata Tūingoa

covenant (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

kerēme (ā-iwi) ~hia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

(civil) claim (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

kirirarau ~tanga Tūingoa

citizen, citizenship (takenga mai: kiri - person, self; rarau - settle down, remain, take root)

kirirarautanga hihiri Tūingoa

active citizenship (takenga mai: hihiri - dynamic, energetic, lively)

kiritāwheta ā-iwi Tūingoa

tribalist (takenga mai: kiri - person, self; tāwheta - zeal, fervour; iwi - tribe)

kiritāwheta ā-whenua Tūingoa

nationalist (takenga mai: kiri - person, self; tāwheta - zeal, fervour; whenua - nation)

kiritohe Tūingoa

activist (takenga mai: kiri - person, self; tohe - to argue, contend, object)

kiritōmau ā-whenua Tūingoa

patriot (takenga mai: kiri - person, self; tōmau - staunch, steadfast, loyal; whenua - nation, country)

kōkiri ~hia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

advocate, advocacy (kupu kē atu: hāpai)

kōkirikiri ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

lobby, campaign

kokoraho ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

land claim, claim of ownership (kupu kē atu: taunaha, kerēme whenua)

kokoraho taupatupatu Tūingoa

counter claim, cross claim, disputed claim

kōkota Tūingoa

visa (takenga mai: kōkota - a mark made at a cross-roads to show which road has been taken)

kōmihana Tūingoa

commission (organisation) (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

kōmihana aro ki te pono me te whakamārie Tūingoa

truth and reconciliation commission

Kōmihana Tamariki Tūingoa

Children's Commission

kōmihana whakatewhatewha Tūingoa

commission of inquiry (takenga mai: whakatewhatewha - to investigate, examine, enquire into)

komiti whiriwhiri Tūingoa

select committee (takenga mai: komiti [kupu mino] - committee; whiriwhiri - to discuss, decide, consider)

kōrero horihori Tūingoa

false information, disinformation, misinformation (kupu kē atu: kōrero parau, kōrero meho)

kotahi ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūmahi Poro, Tūkē

unity, unified, solidarity

kotahitanga ā-ōhanga Tūingoa

economic unity

kotahitanga pāpori Tūingoa

social unity, social cohesion

kōti Tūingoa

court (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

Kōti ā-Rohe Tūingoa

District Court

Kōti Mana Nui Tūingoa

Supreme Court

Kōti Matua Tūingoa

High Court

Kōti Pīra Tūingoa

Appeal Court

Kōti Pīra Māori Tūingoa

Māori Appellate Court

Kōti Taiao Tūingoa

Environment Court

Kōti Taiohi Tūingoa

Youth Court

Kōti Take Mahi Tūingoa

Employment Court

Kōti Whānau Tūingoa

Family Court

Kōti Whenua Māori Tūingoa

Māori Land Court

kounu ~hia ~ tanga Tūmahi Poro, Tūingoa

secede, secession, pull out, withdraw, withdrawal

kupu whakanewha Tūingoa

propaganda (takenga mai: whakanewha - misrepresentation, deception, hoodwink)

(whaka) mahere Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

plan, planning

mahere heipūtanga Tūingoa

contingency plan (takenga mai: heipū - to come upon)

mahere mahi Tūingoa

operational plan

mahere paetata Tūingoa

short term plan

mahere paetawhiti Tūingoa

long term plan (kupu kē atu: mahere auroa)

mahere rautaki Tūingoa

strategic plan

mahere rautata Tūingoa

tactical plan (takenga mai: rau [rauhanga] - cunning, resourceful; tata - near, close)

mahi raraupori Tūingoa

civic duty

mana Tūingoa, Tūmahi Oti

authority, power, prestige, authorise

mana hāhi Tūingoa

theocracy (takenga mai: mana - authority, power; hāhi - church)

mana moana Tūingoa

authority and responsibility over sea and lakes

mana motuhake Tūingoa

separate authority, autonomy, self-determination, independence (kupu kē atu: tino rangatiratanga, rangatiratanga)

mana pāhikahika Tūingoa

unequal power (takenga mai: pāhikahika - uneven, disproportionate)

mana tāne Tūingoa

status, power, authority and dignity of men

mana tangata Tūingoa

authority, power and dignity of a person

mana tokoiti Tūingoa

oligarchy (takenga mai: mana - power, authority; tokoiti - small number of people, minority)

mana urungi Tūingoa

governance, authority to govern (takenga mai: urungi - to steer, navigate) (kupu kē atu: mana kāwana, mana whakatere, kāwanatanga [kupu mino])

mana wahine Tūingoa

status, power, authority and dignity of women

mana whakahaere Tūingoa

authority and responsibility to manage direct or control, executive power

mana whakaheke Tūingoa

inherited authority and responsibility, inherited status

mana whenua Tūingoa

territorial authority and responsibility, authority and responsibility associated with possession and occupation of tribal land

manapio Tūingoa

majority rule (takenga mai: mana - power, authority; pio - majority, many)

manapori Tūingoa, Tūāhua

democracy, democratic (takenga mai: mana - power, authority; pori [porihanga] - society)

manapota Tūingoa

minority rule (takenga mai: mana - power, authority; pota - be few)

manapōti Tūingoa

suffrage, right to vote (takenga mai: mana - power, authority; pōti [kupu mino] - vote)

manapōti-kore Tūingoa, Tūāhua

disenfranchised (takenga mai: mana - power, authority; pōti - vote; kore - negative, nil)

manarite Tūingoa, Tūāhua

equality, equal status (kupu kē atu: ōritetanga)

manarite-kore Tūingoa

inequality, disparity

manatoko me te manapūtea Tūingoa

confidence and supply (takenga mai: manatoko - to verify, validate, give credence to; manapūtea - fiscal authority)

manatū Tūingoa

ministry (government) (takenga mai: mana - power, authority; tū - to establish, to be appointed)

manatuanui Tūingoa

dictator (takenga mai: mana - power, authority; tuanui [whakatuanui] - authoritarian, dictatorial)

manawhiri tōrangapū Tūingoa

political freedom (takenga mai: mana - power, authority; whiri [whiriwhiri] - to choose)

manene Tūingoa, Tūāhua

foreigner

māngai Tūingoa

representative, spokesperson, delegate, ambassador

māngai kaunihera Tūingoa

councillor, council representative (kupu kē atu: kaikaunihera)

māngai pāremata Tūingoa

member of parliament, MP (takenga mai: māngai - spokesperson, representative) (kupu kē atu: mema pāremata)

māngai whakahangahanga Tūingoa

diplomat (takenga mai: māngai - mouthpiece, representative; whakahangahanga - diplomacy)

manu kaewa Tūingoa

expat (takenga mai: manu - bird; kaewa - to wander, roam)

manuheke Tūingoa

migrant, immigrant (takenga mai: manu [manuhiri] - visitor; manu [manu kaewa] - wanderer; heke - migrate, migration)

maru karauna Tūingoa

state care (takenga mai: maru - shelter, shield, power, authority; karauna [kupu mino] - crown)

maru whakahangahanga Tūingoa

diplomatic protection, diplomatic immunity (takenga mai: maru - shelter, safeguard; whakahangahanga - diplomatic)

matapaki māhorahora Tūingoa

open discussion, open debate (takenga mai: māhorahora - to be open, without restraint)

matatika Tūingoa, Tūāhua

ethics, ethical, moral, morality (takenga mai: matatika - right, straight)

matawaenga matatika Tūingoa

ethical dilemma, moral dilemma

matawhānui Tūingoa, Tūāhua

vision, visionary (kupu kē atu: matatawhiti)

menemana Tūingoa

amendment (to a motion, law etc) (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

meneti Tūingoa

minutes (meeting term) (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

momotu iwi Tūingoa

apartheid (takenga mai: momotu - to sever, separate) (kupu kē atu: tāuketanga)

mōrehu kāinga-kore Tūingoa

displaced person (kupu kē atu: konene)

mōriroriro Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

alienated, estranged

mōtika kiritahi Tūingoa

individual right

mōtika kiritōpū Tūingoa

collective right

mōtika raraupori Tūingoa

civil rights, societal rights (takenga mai: rarau - to settle, take root; rarau [kirirarau] - citizen; pori [porihanga] - society) (kupu kē atu: mōtika kirirarau, mōtika porihanga)

mōtika tukipū Tūingoa

universal rights (takenga mai: tukipū - general, widespread)

mōtika unukore Tūingoa

inalienable right, permanent right (takenga mai: unu - surrender, exempt, exclude; kore - negative, not) (kupu kē atu: mōtika pūmau)

mōtika wāhikore Tūingoa

indivisible right (takenga mai: wāhi - to partition, subdivide; kore - negative, not)

mōtika whenua Tūingoa

land rights

mōtika wherereitanga Tūingoa

birthright (takenga mai: whererei - to be born)

mōtini Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

motion (meeting term) (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

murunga hara Tūingoa

pardon (takenga mai: muru - to wipe out, forgive, absolve; hara - offence, crime, wrongdoing)

nawe Tūingoa

grievance, complaint (kupu kē atu: amuamu)

noho huānga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

belonging, sense of belonging, belong (takenga mai: noho - to live; huānga - member of a group, kin)

noho marara Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

diaspora (takenga mai: noho - to live, dwell; marara - scattered)

nohoroa Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

overstay, overstayer (takenga mai: noho - to live, dwell; roa - long; roa [whakaroa] - prolong, extend)

nohowheta Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

occupy, occupation (takenga mai: wheta - to occupy a place)

nonope ~a ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

persecute, persecution (takenga mai: nonope - to oppress, distress, depress) (kupu kē atu: whakamamae, pēhi)

ohapori Tūāhua

socioeconomic (takenga mai: oha [ohaoha] - economic; pori [pāpori] - social)

ohotoihara ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

woke, wokism, wokeness (takenga mai: oho - awake, to be roused [of feelings etc]; toihara - discrimination)

ohu ~a Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

working bee, volunteer work group, work as a volunteer group

orokē Tūingoa

faction (takenga mai: oro - grove of trees of one kind; kē - different, alternative)

paerewa matarua Tūingoa

double standard (takenga mai: paerewa - standard; mata - face; rua - two)

pāhikahika Tūāhua

disproportionate, uneven

painga pātahi Tūingoa

common good, mutual benefit, shared benefit (takenga mai: pātahi - to befall all alike, affect all in common)

painga tūmatanui Tūingoa, Tūāhua

public good, public benefit

pānga taupatupatu Tūingoa

conflict of interest (takenga mai: pānga - connection, interest; taupatupatu - to dispute, contend, vie)

panoni whakaumu Tūingoa

transformative change (takenga mai: whakaumu - to transform, alter, change)

papanga ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

accountable, accountability (kupu kē atu: kawe takohanga)

papare ~a ~nga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

boycott (takenga mai: papare - to avoid) (kupu kē atu: aukati, huri tuarā)

pāremata Tūingoa

parliament (takenga mai: he kupu mino) (kupu kē atu: pāremete)

pāremata tārewa Tūingoa

hung parliament (takenga mai: tārewa - unresolved, inconclusive, hanging)

pēhi ~a ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

oppress, suppress, oppression, persecute

pēhitanga mataaho Tūingoa

overt oppression (takenga mai: mataaho - clear, evident) (kupu kē atu: pēhi mārakerake)

pēhitanga matahuna Tūingoa

covert oppression (takenga mai: mata - face; huna - hidden)

perehitene Tūingoa

president (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

petihana ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

petition (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

piki tūranga Tūingoa

successor

pire Tūingoa

bill (draft of new law) (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

pirihonga Tūāhua, Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

loyal, loyalist, faithful (kupu kē atu: piripono)

Pirimia Tūingoa

Prime Minister (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

piringa whakahangahanga Tūingoa

diplomatic relations

piripono Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūmahi Whiti

allegiant, allegiance, loyal, loyalty, faithful (kupu kē atu: pirihonga)

pōti ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūmahi Poro, Tūmahi Whiti

vote, ballot, elect (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

pōti motuhake Tūingoa

special vote

pōti tōmua Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

early vote, advance voting

pōti whakaraupapa Tūingoa

single transferable vote, STV (takenga mai: whakaraupapa - to put in order, sequence)

pōti whirirua Tūingoa

mixed member proportional, MMP (takenga mai: whiri - to choose; rua - two)

pōti whiritoa Tūingoa

first past the post, FPP (takenga mai: whiri - to choose; toa - victor, winner)

pōtitake Tūingoa

referendum (takenga mai: pōti [kupu mino] - vote; take - issue)

pōtitake-here Tūingoa

binding referendum (takenga mai: pōti [kupu mino] - vote; take - issue; here - to bind)

pōtitake-herekore Tūingoa

non-binding referendum (takenga mai: pōti [kupu mino] - vote; take - issue; here - to bind; kore - negative)

pōtitanga Tūingoa

election (kupu kē atu: kōwhiringa pōti)

pōtitanga ā-rohe Tūingoa

local body election (kupu kē atu: pōtitanga kaunihera ā-rohe)

pōtitanga whakakapi Tūingoa

by-election (takenga mai: pōti [kupu mino] - vote; whakakapi - to replace)

pōtitanga whānui Tūingoa

general election (kupu kē atu: pōtitanga ā-motu)

puata ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

transparent, transparency

puka pōti Tūingoa

voting form

pūnaha kāwanatanga Tūingoa

system of government

pūnaha pōti Tūingoa

voting system

pūnaha tika Tūingoa

justice system (kupu kē atu: pūnaha manatika)

pūnaha tōrangapū Tūingoa

political system

punanga tōrangapū Tūingoa

political asylum, political refuge

rangapū mahitahi tūmataiti tūmatanui Tūingoa

private public partnership, PPP

rangatira ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

chief, chiefly, leader, chieftainship

rangatohe tāwheta ā-whenua Tūingoa

nationalist movement

rārangi pōti Tūingoa

electoral roll

rārangi pōti auraki Tūingoa

general electoral roll

rārangi pōti Māori Tūingoa

Māori electoral roll

rārangi take Tūingoa

agenda (of a meeting) (takenga mai: rārangi - list; take - issue, matter, topic, subject)

raraupori Tūāhua, Tūingoa

civic, civics (takenga mai: rarau - to settle, take root; rarau [kirirarau] - citizen; pori [porihanga] - society)

reiti Tūingoa

rates (takenga mai: He kupu mino.) (kupu kē atu: rēti)

rerenga āhuarangi Tūingoa

climate refugee

rerenga tōrangapū Tūingoa

political refugee

ringapēhi Tūingoa

oppressor (takenga mai: ringa - hand; pēhi - to oppress)

rīrā Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

power, strength, powerful

rohe pōti Tūingoa

electorate, constituency, ward (kupu kē atu: wāri [kupu mino - ward])

rohe pōti auraki Tūingoa

general electorate, general ward (kupu kē atu: wāri auraki)

rohe pōti Māori Tūingoa

Māori electorate, Māori ward (kupu kē atu: wāri Māori)

rōia Tūingoa

lawyer, counsel (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

rōpū kiripānga Tūingoa

stakeholder group

rōpū tōrangapū Tūingoa

political party (kupu kē atu: pāti tōrangapū)

rōrā Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

powerless

rūnanga hapori Tūingoa

community board, community council

rūnanga manature Tūingoa

legal assembly, legal council, legal authority, tribunal

rūnanga minita Tūingoa

cabinet (government) (takenga mai: rūnanga - council, assembly; minita [kupu mino] - minister) (kupu kē atu: kāhui minita)

tāera hautūtanga Tūingoa

style of leadership (takenga mai: tāera [kupu mino] - style)

taero Tūingoa

red tape, bureaucratic obstacle (takenga mai: taero - obstruction, hinderance)

taha kōti Tūingoa

judicial, judiciary

taha whakahaere Tūingoa

executive (of government)

taha whakature Tūingoa

legislative, legislature

taihuringa ahurea Tūingoa

cultural revolution (takenga mai: tai - a prefix with a qualifying force; huri - to change)

taihuringa pāpori Tūingoa

social revolution, social upheaval (takenga mai: tai - a prefix with a qualifying force; huri - to change)

taihuringa tōrangapū Tūingoa

political revolution, political uprising (takenga mai: tai - a prefix with a qualifying force; huri - to change)

taingarengare Tūingoa, Tūāhua

tyrant, tyrannical (takenga mai: tai - prefix with a qualifying force; ngarengare - overbearing, authoritarian, autocratic)

tairaru Tūingoa

crisis, predicament, serious problem (takenga mai: tai - prefixwith a qualifying force; raru - problem, trouble, difficulty)

tairaru āhuarangi Tūingoa

climate crisis

tairaru hauora Tūingoa

health crisis

tairaru ohaoha Tūingoa

economic crisis

tairaru pāpori Tūingoa

social crisis

tairaru pūngao Tūingoa

energy crisis

tairaru taiao Tūingoa

environmental crisis

tairaru tōrangapū Tūingoa

political crisis, constitutional crisis

tairaru whiwhi whare Tūingoa

housing crisis

taiwhana Tūingoa, Tūāhua

rebel, revolutionary (takenga mai: tai - prefix with a qualifying force; whana - to rebel, revolt)

taiwhiwhita Tūingoa, Tūāhua

fanatic, fanatical, zealot (takenga mai: tai - prefix with a qualifying force; whiwhita - fanaticism)

takawaenga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

mediate, mediator, go-between, facilitator

take Tūingoa

issue, case, claim, matter, reason, cause

take raraupori Tūingoa

civil case (kupu kē atu: take porihanga, take hiwhiri [kupu mino])

take taihara Tūingoa

criminal case

tāke waro Tūingoa

carbon tax

take whānui Tūingoa

general business

takenga tōrangapū Tūingoa

political background (takenga mai: takenga - origin, derivation)

taketaketanga Tūingoa

indigeneity

takopori Tūāhua, Tūingoa

socially responsible, social responsibility (takenga mai: tako - upright; takohanga - responsibility, obligation; pori [pāpori] - social)

tāmirua ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

recolonise, recolonisation (takenga mai: tāmi - to colonise, repress; rua - two)

taraipiunara Tūingoa

tribunal (takenga mai: Hhe kupu mino) (kupu kē atu: rūnanga manature)

tārukenga Tūingoa

slaughter, massacre, pogrom

tatau pounamu Tūingoa

lasting peace, enduring peace (kupu kē atu: rongo taketake)

tatauranga Tūingoa

census

tatauranga ā-motu Tūingoa

national census

tatūnga takirua Tūingoa

bipartisan agreement, bilateral agreement

tatūnga takitahi Tūingoa

unilateral decision, unilateral agreement

tatūnga takitini Tūingoa

multipartisan agreement, multilateral agreement

tatūnga tokitoki Tūingoa, Tūāhua

consensus (takenga mai: tatūnga - resolution, decision; tokitoki - without exception) (kupu kē atu: tatūnga tukipū)

tauākī whakaaetanga Tūingoa

memorandum of understanding, declaration of agreement (takenga mai: tauākī - declaration, statement; whakaaetanga - agreement)

tauine ohapori Tūingoa

socioeconomic index (takenga mai: tauine - ruler, scale)

tauine pāpori Tūingoa

social indicator, social index (takenga mai: tauine - ruler, scale; pāpori - social)

(whaka) taurangi Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

guarantee, assure, pledge

taurite ira Tūingoa

gender balance

taurite mātāwaka Tūingoa

ethnic balance

tautika Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūmahi Poro

equity, equitable

tautika-kore Tūāhua, Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

inequitable, inequity

tautohe ~a ~nga Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūmahi Poro

controversy, dispute, controversial

tautohe matatika Tūingoa

ethical controversy, moral controversy

tautohe pāpori Tūingoa

social controversy

tautohe taiao Tūingoa

environmental controversy

tautohe tōrangapū Tūingoa

political controversy

taututetute Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūmahi Poro

conflict, dispute (kupu kē atu: taupatupatu, taukumekume)

taututetute tāwāhi Tūingoa

international dispute, international conflict

tāwari Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

to oppose (a claim to land etc)

tāwheta ā-whenua Tūingoa, Tūāhua

nationalism, nationalistic (takenga mai: tāwheta - zeal, fervour; whenua - nation, country)

tika Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

just, justice (kupu kē atu: huatika)

tikakore Tūingoa

unjust

tino arikitanga Tūingoa

absolute monarchy

tiriti Tūingoa

treaty (takenga mai: he kupu mino)

tiriti takirua Tūingoa

bilateral treaty

tiriti takitini Tūingoa

multilateral treaty

tōkeke Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

fair, impartial

tōkeke-kore Tūingoa, Tūāhua

unfair (kupu kē atu: makihuhunu)

tokoiti Tūingoa, Tūāhua

minority

tokomaha Tūingoa, Tūāhua

majority

tōmau ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

patriotic, patriotism, loyal, loyalism (takenga mai: tōmau - staunch, steadfast, loyal)

tominiana Tūingoa

dominion (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

tōpūtanga kanorau Tūingoa

melting pot, diverse amalgamation

tōpūtanga whakawaimeha Tūingoa

melting pot, assimilative amalgamation (takenga mai: tōpūtanga - collective; whakawaimeha [waimeha] - to be diluted; whakawaimeha ahurea - cultural assimilation)

tōrangapū Tūingoa, Tūāhua

politics, political

tōrangapū huriao Tūingoa

global politics

tōtara wāhi rua Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

divided, polarised, split (kupu kē atu: totoe)

tū whakatete Tūingoa

brinkmanship (takenga mai: tū - stance, position, engage, oppose; whakatete - quarrel, disagreement, obstinate)

tūāhanga Tūingoa

infrastructure (takenga mai: tūā [tūāpapa] - foundation; hanga [hanganga] - structure) (kupu kē atu: pūnahahanga)

tūāhanga hauora Tūingoa

health infrastructure

tūāhanga mātāmua Tūingoa

primary infrastructure, critical infrastructure

tūāhanga pūngao Tūingoa

energy infrastructure

tūāhanga raraupori Tūingoa

civic infrastructure

tūāhanga rori Tūingoa

roading infrastructure

tūāhanga wai Tūingoa

water infrastructure

tūāhanga wai-toru Tūingoa

three-waters infrastructure

tūāhanga waipara Tūingoa

wastewater infrastructure

tūāhanga wharenoho Tūingoa

housing infrastructure

tuanui ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua

dictatorship, dictatorial (takenga mai: tuanui - harsh, overbearing; tuanui [whakatuanui] - authoritarian, autocratic)

tuanui angahaorawa Tūingoa

capitalist dictatorship (takenga mai: tuanui - harsh, overbearing; tuanui [whakatuanui] - autocratic, authoritarian; anga - structure, framework; hao - acquisitive, greedy; angahaorawa - capitalism)

tuanui angatōpū Tūingoa

communist dictatorship (takenga mai: tuanui - harsh, overbearing; tuanui [whakatuanui] -autocratic, authoritarian; anga - structure, framework; tōpū - combined, as a group, collective; angatōpū - communism)

tuanui arotau Tūingoa

benevolent dictatorship (takenga mai: arotau - to look kindly on, favourable)

tūkinotanga Tūingoa

injustice, maltreatment (kupu kē atu: hēnga)

tūkinotanga pāpori Tūingoa

social injustice (kupu kē atu: hēnga pāpori)

tūoho tōrangapū Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

political awareness, politically aware

tupe ~a ~nga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

disarm, disarmament (takenga mai: tupe - to deprive of power)

turaki ~na ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

overthrow

tūraru whakamaru Tūingoa

security risk

ture Tūingoa

law, act (of parliament), rule, statute (takenga mai: he kupu mino [reo Hīperu])

ture ā-rohe Tūingoa

bylaw (kupu kē atu: paeroa [kupu mino])

ture porihanga Tūingoa

civil law

ture taihara Tūingoa

criminal law

turekore Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

anarchy, lawlessness (takenga mai: ture - law; kore - nil, negative)

turepapa Tūingoa, Tūāhua

constitution, constitutional (takenga mai: ture - law; papa [tūāpapa] - foundation, platform)

turingonge tōrangapū Tūingoa

political dysfunction

tūrourou hinengaro Tūmahi Whiti

indoctrinate, brainwashing (takenga mai: tūrourou - to reach or manipulate with a pole or stick) (kupu kē atu: takapapa hinengaro)

tūtei tomokanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

gatekeeping, gatekeeper (takenga mai: tūtei - to keep watch, sentry; tomokanga - entrance, entry)

tūtohetohe Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūmahi Poro

activism (takenga mai: tū - position, stance; tohetohe - argue, persist, protest)

tūtohu ~a ~nga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

recommend, recommendation

tūtohu mahi Tūingoa

terms of reference, job specification (takenga mai: tūtohu - to prescribe; mahi - work, job, action)

tutūnga porihanga Tūingoa

civil disobedience (takenga mai: tutū - insubordination, rebellion, disobedience; porihanga - society)

tutūnga puehu Tūingoa

uproar, disturbance, furore

tūwhana Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

radical (takenga mai: tū - to oppose, fight, position, stance; whana - to revolt, rebel)

tūwhiti ~a ~nga Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

deport, banish, expel (kupu kē atu: terepu)

uaparenga Tūingoa

scapegoat (takenga mai: uapare - to pass the blame)

uepū Tūingoa

caucus, group (takenga mai: uepū - company, party, crew, group)

ui tikanga Tūingoa

point of order (meeting term) (takenga mai: ui - question, query; tikanga - convention)

uniana (kaimahi) Tūingoa

(workers) union (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

upoko Tūingoa

chair, chairperson, head of an organisation (takenga mai: upoko - head) (kupu kē atu: heamana [kupu mino], tiamana [kupu mino])

uruhi ~a ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

enforce, compel, coercion

urutomo ~kia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

invade, invasion, attack (kupu kē atu: huaki, whakaeke)

uruwhenua Tūingoa

passport (takenga mai: uru - to enter; whenua - country, nation)

wā mukuhara Tūingoa

amnesty (takenga mai: wā - time; muku - to wipe out, delete; hara - crime, offence)

waenga-matau Tūingoa

centre-right (politics)

waenga-mauī Tūingoa

centre-left (politics)

wetehere ~a ~nga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

liberate, liberation, emancipatory (takenga mai: wete - to release, untie, set free; here - shackle, tie, restriction) (kupu kē atu: wete)

(whaka) mahere Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

plan, planning

(whaka) taurangi Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

guarantee, assure, pledge

(whaka) wātea ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūmahi Poro

free, freedom, liberty (kupu kē atu: herekore)

whai wāhi ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

participate, participation, engage, engagement, have opportunity, have access (kupu kē atu: kuhukuhu)

whai wāhitanga tukipū Tūingoa

universal access (takenga mai: whai wāhi - have access, participation, have opportunity; tukipū - general, widespread)

whaina ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

fine (punishment) (takenga mai: He kupu mino.)

whāinga paetata Tūingoa

short term goal (kupu kē atu: whāinga poto)

whāinga paetawhiti Tūingoa

long term goal (kupu kē atu: whāinga roa)

whakaaotanga Tūingoa

globalisation

whakaaro kotahi Tūmahi Whiti, Tūingoa

unanimous, unanimity (kupu kē atu: tatūnga tokitoki)

whakaaro kūiti Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūmahi Poro

narrow minded (takenga mai: whakaaro - thought; kūiti - narrow, confined)

whakaaro māhorahora Tūingoa, Tūāhua, Tūmahi, Tūmahi Poro

freethinking

whakaaro tuwhera Tūingoa, Tūāhua

open minded, open mind (takenga mai: whakaaro - thought; tuwhera - to be open)

whakaaro whakatuanui Tūingoa

dogma (takenga mai: whakaaro - thought, idea; whakatuanui - overbearing, domineering)

whakaata ~ngia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

represent, portray, representivity (takenga mai: whakaata - to reflect)

whakaatanga tarepa Tūingoa

under-representation (takenga mai: tarepa - to be incomplete, in deficit)

whakaatanga tuhene Tūingoa

over-representation (takenga mai: tuhene - overmuch, excessive)

whakaeke ~a Tūingoa, Tūmahi

invade, attack

whakaeo ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

disempower, disempowerment

whakahaere ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

organise, administer, manage, organisation

whakahaere monihua-kore Tūingoa

non-profit organisation

whakahaere rawa Tūingoa

resource management

whakahaere tūhake Tūingoa

non-governmental organisation, NGO (takenga mai: whakahaere - organisation; tū - to stand; hake [motuhake] - independent) (kupu kē atu: whakahaere tārake)

whakahangahanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

diplomacy, diplomatic (takenga mai: whakahangahanga - to handle gently)

whakahē ~ngia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

object, oppose

whakahou ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

amend, amendment, revise, revision

whakakonuka ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

corrupt, corruption (takenga mai: whakakonuka - lead astray)

whakakore waeture Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

deregulate, deregulation

whakamana ~hia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

empower, empowerment, authorise, legitimise

whakamaru koiora Tūingoa

biosecurity

whakamaru raraunga Tūingoa

data security

whakamauru ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

mitigate, mitigation

whakapae ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

accuse, accusation, allege, allegation, assert, assertion (kupu kē atu: whakatuaki)

whakapāha Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

apology, regret, apologise

whakaparahako ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

marginalise, belittle, marginalisation

whakapono taupatupatu Tūingoa

conflicting belief

whakapono tōrangapū Tūingoa

political belief, political ideology

whakapūmau ~tia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

ratify, certify, validate, confirm, validation (kupu kē atu: whakatūturu)

whakatatū taututetute Tūingoa

conflict resolution

whakatau ~ria ~nga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

decide, decision, determine

whakatau mana Tūmahi Whiti

impose authority

whakatāuke ~tia Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti

segregate, segregation

whakataunga tōpū Tūingoa

shared decision, collective decision (takenga mai: tōpū - combined, unified, consolidated)

whakataunga tōtahi Tūingoa

autocratic decision (takenga mai: tōtahi - single, solitary)

whakatete Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

disagreement, tension, quarrel, discord (kupu kē atu: taukumekume)

whakatuanui ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro, Tūāhua

hegemony, domination, hegemonic (takenga mai: whakatuanui - overbearing, domineering, authoritarian, arrogant)

whakatuanui ahurea Tūingoa

cultural hegemony

whakatuanui kirimā Tūingoa

white supremacy (takenga mai: whakatuanui - domination, arrogance; kiri - person, self; mā - white) (kupu kē atu: whakatuanui kiritea)

whakatuanui ohaoha Tūingoa

economic hegemony

whakatuanui tōrangapū Tūingoa

political hegemony

whakaturi ~hia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

reconcile, appease, reconciliation, conciliation (kupu kē atu: whakamārie, whakaepaepa)

whakaumu ~tia ~tanga Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua, Tūingoa

transform, transformation, transformational

whakawā ~ngia ~tanga Tūingoa, Tūmahi Whiti, Tūāhua

judge, adjudicate, arbitrate, judgement

whana Tūingoa, Tūmahi Poro

revolt, revolution, rebellion, uprising (kupu kē atu: pāhoro)

whenua maru Tūingoa

colony (takenga mai: whenua - country; maru - shaded, sheltered) (kupu kē atu: whenua tāmi, koroni [kupu mino])

whenua tūhake Tūingoa

republic (takenga mai: whenua - country, nation, state; tū - to stand; hake [motuhake] - separate, independent, stand alone)

whenua tūhake manapori Tūingoa

democratic republic

whenua tūhake whakatuanui Tūingoa

autocratic republic

whenua-kore Tūingoa, Tūāhua

stateless