Ko te aronga e haere nei tētahi mea, ko te wāhi rānei e arohia ana. Ko te kāpehu te taputapu matua hei tohu i te ahunga, arā, ko te raki, te rāwhiti, te tonga, te uru me ngā ahunga kei waenganui i ērā. Ka whakamahia hoki te putu hei waeine mō te ahunga. Ko te tikanga, ko te raki te 0º, ka huri whakatekaraka, e 90º te rāwhiti, 180º te tonga, e 270º te uru.
The course along which something moves, or the point toward which something is facing. The compass is the main instrument for showing direction such as north, east, south, west and all directions between. The degree unit of measure is used also to indicate a direction. The convention being that north is 0º, and in a clockwise direction, east is 90º, south is 180º, west is 270º.
Koia nei ngā ahunga matua o te kāpehu me ngā ahunga putu e hāngai ana. Arā anō ngā kupu ake a tēnā iwi, a tēnā iwi mō ēnei ahunga matua:

Ko te ara poto rawa atu mai i tētahi pūwāhi ki tētahi, ka kīia ko te ara torotika, ko te ahunga ā-manu rānei. Hei tauira, e whakaaturia ana te huarahi mai i Taupō ki Ahuriri, me ōna piko, ōna huri. E whakaaturia ana hoki te ara torotika (ahunga ā-manu). E pātata ana ki te rāwhiti-mā-tonga te ahunga, arā, kei te takiwā o te 135°:

Ko te huripokinga o tētahi ahunga, ka kīia ko tōna ahunga kōaro. Hei tauira:
180° te huringa o tētahi ahunga kia tau ki tōna ahunga kōaro:

He kāpehu kei te nuinga o ngā waea pūkoro o ēnei rā. He tauira:
