tuhinga

Maori

Etymology

From tuhi (“write”) +‎ -nga.

Noun

tuhinga

1. writing, document, text, script

   He maha anō hoki ngā tuhinga atu a Tāmihana ki te kāwana i muri mai ki te kī atu, kāhore kau te Māori e rapu whawhai ana, me te pātai he aha te take e hanga nei i ngā rāihe me ngā huarahi mai i Ākarana ki ngā rohe ki te raki o Waikato.

   Tamihana later wrote more letters to the governor, saying that the Māori were not seeking war, and questioning the construction of redoubts and roads between Auckland and northern Waikato.