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waiariki

1. (noun) hot spring, thermal pool (suitable for bathing).

Ka haha te tangata rā i ngā pareparenga o te waiariki rā, rapu rawa atu, e takoto whakamaoko ana i raro i ngā tauwharenga kōwhatu (Biggs 1997:119). / That man searched along the sides of the hot pool where she was lying crouched under the overhanging ledges.

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Waiariki

1. (location) Bay of Plenty region.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)

I te marama o Maehe i te tau 1900, ka tāngia te kawa e ngā tohunga rongonui o Waiariki (TTR 1994:90). / In March 1900 well-known tohunga of the Waiariki district opened the house.

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Whare Takiura o Waiariki, Te

1. Waiariki Institute of Technology.

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