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Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa

1. (location) Gisborne, Poverty Bay (sea).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 4;)

I kuraina tuatahitia ia i te kura o Te Waerenga-a-Hika i kō mai o Tūranga (TTR 1998:205). / He was educated initially at Waerenga-a-Hika school near Gisborne.

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