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tararua

1. (verb) (-tia) to divide into two parts, partition.

Meana e tararuatia ana e koe tēnei wāhanga o te rūma, ka whiwhi rūma moe anō koe (Ng 1993:325). / If you partition off this part of the room, you could make another bedroom (Ng 1993:325).

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Synonyms: wāhi, wāwāhi, wāwāhanga

2. (noun) two peaks, twin peaks.

Ko ngā tararua o Hikurangi, ko Kaikōrea me Te Tihi o Taikehu. / The two peaks of Hikurangi are Kaikōrea and Te Tihi o Taikehu.

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Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua

1. (location) Seventy Mile Bush (range east of Tararua and Ruahine Ranges).

Rangitāne

1. (personal noun) tribal group of the area west of the Puketoi Range in the vicinity of Palmerston North and north of the Tararua Range.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89;)

2. (personal noun) tribal group of north-eastern South Island and a branch of the North Island tribe of the same name.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 113;)

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