runanga
/ˌruːnɑː(ə)ŋˈɡɑː/noun (plural same) NZ
A Maori assembly or council: representatives from local runanga were flown in for discussions...
- This iwi is a good example of a very successful runanga.
- The community will soon have the runanga to manage their own assets.
- The runanga is currently a Maori trust board under the Maori trust board legislation.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Maori.
- old-sighted
- old-sightedness
- old sir
- old skooler
- Old Slavonic
- Germanistic
- germanity
- germanium
- German ivy
- Germanization
- Germanize
- Germanizer
- German knotgrass
- German knot stitch
- Germanly
- German measles
- German mile
- German millet
- Germanness
- Germano-
- German Ocean
- Germano-Coleridgean
- Germano-Coleridgian
- Germanomania
- Germanophile