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waka rererangi

1. (noun) aeroplane, plane, aircraft.

Kātahi anō te waka rererangi ka tau mai, engari kāore anō ngā pāhihi kia heke iho. / The plane has landed just now, but the passengers haven't yet disembarked.

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See also rererangi, wakarere

Synonyms: manurere, wakarere

tohitū waka rererangi

1. (noun) hangar.

whare waka rererangi

1. (noun) hangar.

I hangā he whare waka rererangi i te ngahurutanga tau 1930. / A hangar was built in the 1930s.

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taunga waka rererangi

1. (noun) airfield, airport, airstrip, aerodrome.

Taihoa, ka tangohia te whenua mō ngā kaupapa tūmatanui pērā i te mahinga parakaingaki me te taunga waka rererangi o Tāmaki-makau-rau (Te Ara 2013). / Later, land was taken for public works such as a sewage plant and Auckland airport.

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waka rererangi torohaki

1. (noun) jet plane.

Nō te putanga o ngā waka rererangi torohaki ki Aotearoa i te tekau tau atu i 1960, ka waipuketia te motu i te tūruhi (Te Ara 2013). / With the advent of jet planes to New Zealand in the 1960s, tourist numbers increased dramatically.

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Waka Rererangi Aotearoa

1. (personal noun) Air New Zealand.

I tonoa ia e Waka Rererangi Aotearoa kia waihangahia he tohu hei tā ki ō rātou waka rererangi (RTP 2015:116). / She was commissioned by Air New Zealand to create a logo to paint on their planes.

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