haurua

1. (verb) (-tia) to halve, half-past.

Nā tēnei tohutohu āna i haurua noa ai te roa o te whakaoti ake i te mahi (TTR 2000:210). / Because of this advice, the time needed to complete the project was halved.

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2. (modifier) half.

I toa te tīma o te tangata whenua 16 ki te 15, ahakoa te tōmuri o te kaute, e 6 ki te 15 i te wā haurua (TTR 1998:121). / The local team won 16-15, despite being down 6-15 at half time.

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3. (noun) half.

I āhua ōrite ngā kapa i te weheruatanga, engari, i te haurua tuarua, ka puta ngā hautipua o Aotearoa ki te kawe i a rātou ki te taumata angitu. / The teams were pretty even at half-time, but in the second half the stars of New Zealand emerged to take them to the successful outcome.

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Haurua

1. (location) The location of a large hui in 1857 in the Ngāti Maniapoto territory where confirmation of the selection of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero as the first Māori King. It was also affirmed that the Kingship was to be hereditary in his family. Pōtatau had been selected as King at Pūkawa on the western shore of Lake Taupō in November 1856.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 1-34; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)