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rangapū

1. (noun) company, group.

E kite ana hoki koutou ka tū i tō mātou taha he rangapū hoia papai o te iwi Māori (TWMNT 19/5/1874:136). / And you can see a company of quality soldiers of the Māori people standing at our side.

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2. (noun) partnership.

Ka hoki ngā mahara ki te take i kōkirihia e te Kaunihera Māori o Aotearoa ki te Kōti Pīra. Ko tā rātou, ko te noho ā-Tiriti he rite ki te noho rangapū, arā; he wāhanga ki a koe, he wāhanga ki a au. Ko te noho rangapū i waenganui i a Pākehā me Māori e akiaki nei i a rāua tahi kia tika te noho, kia pono te noho ōrite (Te Ururoa Flavell: Gisborne District Council (Alfred Cox Park) Validation Bill, 2006). / The reason that the New Zealand Māori Council challenged the Court of Appeal is remembered. And they say that the Treaty is like a partnership, that is: you have a part and I have a part. The partnership between Pākehā and Māori encourages us both to remain true to equality.

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