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haupapa

1. (verb) (-tia) to ambush, lie in wait for.

Nā reira ka āta whakatahi te iwi me i kore te hoariri e whai atu ki te ururua o te ngahere i tua atu o te pā, kia haupapatia ai e Heke me ana toa (TTR 1990:7). / And so the people deliberately withdrew in the hope that the enemy might follow into the undergrowth of the bush on the other side of the pā, so that they could be ambushed by Heke and his warriors.

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2. (noun) flat surface.

Ko Te Raupa ko te haupapa pōhatu e takoto mai rā i te Hōtēra o Te Kaha, huri noa i te koi i Toka-a-kuku (TTT 1/4/1929:969). / Te Raupa is the stoney flat area located at the Te Kaha Hotel around to the headland at Toka-a-kuku.

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3. (noun) frost, ice.

I a ia ka tata ki ngā takiwā o Amerika, ka tūtuki ia ki tētahi toka haupapa e teretere ana i waho o te moana, ā, e rua hāora i muri iho ka totohu (TP 4/1912:2). / While it was approaching the vicinity of America it struck an iceberg floating on the ocean and two hours later it sank.

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Haupapa

1. (location) Tasman Glacier.

toka haupapa

1. (noun) iceberg.

I a ia ka tata ki ngā takiwā o Amerika, ka tūtuki ia ki tētahi toka haupapa e teretere ana i waho o te moana, ā, e rua hāora i muri iho ka totohu (TP 4/1912:2). / While it was approaching the vicinity of America it struck an iceberg floating on the ocean and two hours later it sank.

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