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whare taonga

1. (noun) museum.

Kotahi te poupou kei te whare taonga kei St Petersburg, he tāone nui kei Rūhia (TTR 1990:390). / One carved post is in the museum in St Petersburg, a large city in Russia.

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Synonyms: whare pupuri taonga, whare whakamātakitaki, whare tongarewa

whare pupuri taonga

1. (noun) museum.

E rua tekau ngā toi moko Māori e hoki mai ana i Parī ki te wā kāinga nei. Neke atu i te rua rau tau aua tūpuna e takoto ana i roto i ngā whare pupuri taonga o Wīwī (Te Karere 12/1/2012). / Twenty tattooed preserved Māori heads are returning home from Paris. Those ancestors have been in the museums of France for more than two hundred years.

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Synonyms: whare taonga, whare whakamātakitaki, whare tongarewa

whare pūkainga taonga

1. (noun) warehouse, shop.

Ko ngā whare pūkainga taonga e 59 (TJ 15/3/1898:5). / There were 59 warehouses.

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