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tuarua

1. (verb) (-tia) to repeat, double up.

Ka tuaruatia anō e ia tana tohe kia maha atu ngā mema Māori i te Pāremata (TTR 1994:122). / He also repeated his argument that the number of Māori members in Parliament should be increased.

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Synonyms: toai, pūrua, paparua


2. (modifier) deputy, second-in-command, assistant, vice- - used following a noun.

I meingia ia hei kairēhita tuarua. / She was appointed deputy registrar.

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3. (noun) second, runner-up, second place.

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Synonyms: rua, hēkena

wāhanga tuarua

1. (noun) second half.

tumuaki tuarua

1. (noun) vice president, deputy principal.

He mea whakatū anō hoki a ia hei tumuaki mō te pekanga ki Pōneke o te Rōpū Wāhine Toko i te Ora, ā, hei tumuaki tuarua, kaitiaki pūtea atu hoki mō te kaunihera ā-rohe o te rōpū nei ki Pōneke (TTR 2000:253). / She was also appointed as president of the Wellington branch of the Māori Women’s Welfare League, and vice president and treasurer of the Wellington district council.

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minita tuarua

1. (loan) (noun) associate minister.

Ko te minita tuarua mō ngā take Māori o tērā wā, ko Sandra Lee (Te Ara 2011). / The Associate Minister of Māori Affairs at that time, Sandra Lee.

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whakawā tuarua

1. (noun) rehearing, appeal.

Nā tētahi hē i roto i ngā pukapuka, nā tētahi pōhēhē pea a ngā āpiha o te Kāwanatanga i kore ai e whakaaetia taua whakawā tuarua (TWMNT 17/4/1877:106). / Owing to an error in the official records, or perhaps a misconception on the part of officials of the Government, a rehearing was not granted.

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kura tuarua

1. (noun) secondary school, high school.

Kōti Whakawā Tuarua

1. (loan) Court of Appeal.

kura tuarua ā-rohe

1. (noun) district high school.

Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao

1. Second World War.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 183-195; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 4;)

I a mātau i rāwāhi, i Ihipa, i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, ka noho tō mātau ope ki Māti, e pātata atu ana ki Kairo (HP 1991:53). / When we were overseas, in Egypt, in the Second World War, our company lived at Maadi, close to Cairo.

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