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‖ runanga N.Z.|ˈrunaŋa|
Also with capital initial.
[Maori.]
In Maori society, an assembly or council. (See also whare runanga s.v. whare.)
1858J. Morgan Let. 21 June in Richmond–Atkinson Papers (1960) I. 411 This arrangement was proposed by Potatau's runanga. 1861A. S. Atkinson Jrnl. 18 Nov. in Ibid. 727 The King party will not..accept the new runanga system. 1862― Jrnl. 5 Feb. in Ibid. 744 One man, the head of the Runanga, shall have {pstlg}100 a year, 7 Runanga men {pstlg}70 each, [etc.]. 1905W. Baucke Where White Man Treads 33 He..carves effigies of his tribe-founders and heroes on the memorial posts of his runanga house, that when the elders meet to discuss matters of state, the presence of his dear dead may preside, and guide the thoughts of the council. 1946Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. June 157 Runanga, assembly; council; so, whare-runanga, meeting-house. 1967J. Metge Maoris of N.Z. ii. 33 As a group, the kaumātua formed a community council (runanga) which advised and could influence the chief. 1975D. Scott Ask that Mountain (1976) ii. 41 Discussion and debate was reserved for the runanga, the council of leaders and elders. |