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Ngātoro-i-rangi

1. (personal name) great tohunga from Hawaiki who came to Aotearoa on the Te Arawa canoe.

Nā, ka rere mai a 'Te Arawa' i waenga moana, ka pūremutia te hoa o Ngātoro-i-rangi e Tamatekapua. Ko Kearoa te ingoa o tērā wahine (TMT 2/9/1861:11). / While 'Te Arawa' was at sea, Tamatekapua committed adultery with Ngātoro-i-rangi's wife. Kearoa was the name of that woman.

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māra kūmara a Ngātoro-i-rangi

1. (noun) cirrocumulus.

māra kūmara a Ngātoro-i-rangi

1. (noun) a mackerel sky, cirrocumulus - cloud forming a broken layer of small fleecy clouds at high altitude.

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