1. (modifier) long-running, long-standing.
Kāti koa, ka mutu te mahi taumaha, me te mahi whāroa a ngā kaporeihana o Ngāti Pikiao me ngā tāngata whai e whakatikatika ana i te whenua (TTR 1996:271). / After a difficult and long-standing battle by Ngāti Pikiao corporations and individual settlers the land was brought into production.
2. (noun) length, long.
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