Tikanga definition

Tikanga means customs and traditions, including correct procedure, habit, lore, practices and conventions, handed down through generations, based on experiences and learning, and reflecting a Māori world view.
Tikanga literally means “the right way of doing something”. Therefore it was traditionally used in the Māori world to regulate social behaviours, conduct and actions.
Tikanga means the protocols of Ngāpuhi. "Trust" means the trust established by this deed.

Examples of Tikanga in a sentence

  • To avoid serious offence to Tikanga Māori, or the disclosure of the location of waahi tapu in relation to an application under the RMA 1991 for;• a resource consent, or• a water conservation order, or• a requirement for a designation or• an heritage order,(s 7(2)(ba)).

  • Comfortable in the use of and affinity with, Te Reo Maori, and Tikanga Maori, and confident in Te Ao Maori including social and community environments.

  • The school has clear values including cultural diversity ensuring that Tikanga Māori (Te Arawatanga) and Te Reo Māori are an important part of school life.

  • To avoid serious offence to Tikanga Māori, or the disclosure of the location of waahi tapu in relation to an application under the RMA 1991 for; a resource consent, or a water conservation order, or a requirement for a designation or an heritage order,(s 7(2)(ba)).

  • Where a staff member’s skill and knowledge of Te Reo Māori and Tikanga Māori have been assessed by the Ministry and a level of attainment set out in Ministry policy has been reached the dollar amounts set out below will be added to the individual’s salary.

  • A strong understanding of, and an affinity with, Te Reo Maori and Tikanga Maori.

  • Te Reo me ona Tikanga Kia mau ki o tikanga me to reo tangata whenua, konei ra to turanga teitei e.

  • Part 4ANga Kaihautu Tikanga Taiao[Repealed]Part 4A: repealed, on 1 July 2011, by section 10 of the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 16).

  • Rakena, The Treaty, Tikanga Māori, Ecosystem-Based Management, Mainstream Law and Power Sharing for Environmental Integrity in Aotearoa New Zealand – Possible Ways Forward, waikato 2019, https://sustainableseaschallenge.co.nz/sites/default/files/2019-02/main%20tuhonohonos- seas%20Final%20Report%20nov%202019.pdf [access: 5.11.2019].

  • Be mindful that as a citizen of your country, you not only represent yourself while you are abroad, but also your country.


More Definitions of Tikanga

Tikanga means the customary values and practices of Ngāti Toa Rangatira;
Tikanga means the customary values and practices of the Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō.
Tikanga means correct procedure, custom, habit, lore, method, manner, rule, way, code, meaning, plan, practice, convention.

Related to Tikanga

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  • Tabarru’ means donation for the purpose of solidarity and cooperation among the Takaful Participants and to be used to help all Takaful Participants in times of misfortune. In the context of the Company, Tabarru’ will be allocated into the Participants’ Risk Fund.

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  • Taka means the currency of the Borrower;

  • Sukuk means a type of Islamic bond that is backed by assets of the issuer that earn profit or rent.

  • PETE means polyethylene terephthalate, labeled by the SPI code #1.

  • Kerma or "K" means the quantity defined by the International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements. The kerma is the quotient of dEtr by dm, where dEtr is the sum of the initial kinetic energies of all charged particles liberated by uncharged particles in a mass dm of materials; thus K=dEtr/dm, in units of J/kg, where the special name for the units of kerma is gray (Gy). When the materials is air, the quantity is referred to as "air kerma."

  • WURA means the Winding-Up and Restructuring Act (Canada).

  • Swale means a shallow depression in the ground sloping to a place for disposal for the purpose of providing a method of drainage of surface water.

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  • Façade means the principal front or fronts of a building.

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  • SADC means the Southern African Development Community;

  • Bangladesh Bank means the bank established under Article 3 of the Bangladesh Bank Order, 1972 (P.O. No. 127 of 1972) for the purpose of carrying on the business of central banking and also includes its successors;

  • Denmark means the Kingdom of Denmark including any area outside the territorial sea of Denmark which in accordance with international law has been or may hereafter be designated under Danish laws as an area within which Denmark may exercise sovereign rights with respect to the exploration and exploitation of the natural resources of the sea-bed or its subsoil and the superjacent waters and with respect to other activities for the exploration and economic exploitation of the area; the term does not comprise the Faroe Islands and Greenland;

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  • EMMA means the Electronic Municipal Market Access system as described in 1934 Act Release No. 59062 and maintained by the MSRB for purposes of the Rule.

  • CJA means the Courts of Justice Act, RSO 1990, c C-43, as amended;

  • Crown means the government of the United Kingdom (including the Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive Committee, the Scottish Executive and the National Assembly for Wales), including, but not limited to, government ministers and government departments and particular bodies, persons, commissions or agencies from time to time carrying out functions on its behalf;

  • snippet means the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, in the form of Exhibit E, among Holdings, the Borrower, each Subsidiary Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.","snippetLinks":[{"key":"guarantee-and-collateral-agreement","type":"clause","offset":[10,44]},{"key":"as-amended","type":"definition","offset":[46,56]},{"key":"otherwise- modified","type":"clause","offset":[74,92]},{"key":"from-time-to-time","type":"clause","offset":[93,110]},{"key":"form-of","type":"clause","offset":[119,126]},{"key":"exhibit-e","type":"clause","offset":[127,136]},{"key":"holdings","type":"clause","offset":[144,152]},{"key":"the-borrower","type":"clause","offset":[154,166]},{"key":"subsidiary-loan- party","type":"definition","offset":[173,194]},{"key":"the-administrative-agent","type":"clause","offset":[199,223]}],"hash":"61aabf5edc0e717dd017e870877aba2d","id":5},{"size":55,"samples":[{"uri":"/contracts/dcqI4XJ9kpY#collateral-agreement","label":"Credit Agreement (AGA Medical Holdings, Inc.)","score":21},