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THE MĀORI WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS




       Tutekohi                                   an ancestor


       Whenuanui                                  village of Tutekohi

       Kauerehuanui                               dog of Tutekohi

       Rakaipaaka                                 an ancestor


       Hinemanuhiri                               an ancestor (sister of Rakaipaaka)

       Ōkahukura                                  village of Rakaipaaka

       Tūranga                                    Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (Gisborne)


       Te Mahia                                   place

       Whakaruru-a-nuku an ancestor from Te Mahia

       Wharo                                      an ancestor (warrior)

       Mahaki                                     an ancestor (chief)


       Waipaoa                                    a river

       Ngāti Kahungunu                            a tribe
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