1. (noun) carved house, meeting house.
Nā Ngata ka tū te maha o ngā whare whakairo puta noa i te motu (Te Ara 2014). / It was because of Ngata that many carved meeting houses were erected throughout the country.
Synonyms: wharenui, whare rūnanga
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