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whakamutunga

1. (noun) end, last, concluding, final, finale.

I ngā tau whakamutunga o tōna koiora, ka toro atu te kairīpoata kōrero rā a Chris Barlow i Waimangō ki te kite i a ia (TTR 1996:234). / In the last years of his life, a journalist, Chris Barlow, visited him at Waimangō.

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Synonyms: mātāmuri, nō tērā, i tērā, ukauka, tērā, tōmuri, tauhiku, tauhikuhiku

whakamutunga

1. (noun) youngest child.

kupu whakamutunga

1. (noun) conclusion, concluding words.

Ko tā rātau kupu whakamutunga, he whakahē i ngā kāwanatanga o mua mō te noho noa iho, tē tahuri atu ki te whakahauhau, ki te āwhina rānei i te iwi Māori ki te pāmu i ō rātau ake whenua (TTR 1996:106). / Their conclusion was to castigate past governments for having done nothing to encourage or assist the Māori people to farm their own land.

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kaihoko whakamutunga

1. (noun) retailer.

Ka hokona ētahi taonga maha e te kaihoko waenga, mai i te kaiwhakaputa, ka whakaputu ai, hei hoko atu māna ki ngā kaihoko whakamutunga (TRP 2010:305). / Many goods are bought by the wholesaler from the producer and then stored for her to sell to the retailers.

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Synonyms: kaihoko, kaihokohoko

utu whakamutunga

1. (noun) retail price.

Ka hokona te taonga e te kirihoko, ka kīia ko te utu whakamutunga te utu ka tukuna e ia ki te kaihoko whakamutunga (TRP 2010:305). / When goods are bought by the purchaser, the payment she gives to the retailer is called the retail price.

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