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tūao

1. (verb) to work for a time, work as a volunteer, volunteer.

Nō muri mai i tūao ai tana mahi ake mā Te Ūnga Waka, te pokapū o te Hāhi Katorika Māori o Ākarana (TTR 2000:195). / Later his work was voluntary for Te Ūnga Waka, the Auckland Māori Catholic centre.

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2. (modifier) transient, casual, voluntary.

Taka rawa mai ki tēnei wā, kua hau haere kē nei te rongo o Lena Manuel mō āna mahi tūao (TTR 2000:115). / By this time Lena Manuel was becoming well known through her voluntary work.

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3. (noun) volunteer.

Ka hono mai ki a ia he ope hōia tangata whai, me wētahi tūao nō Te Matau-a-Māui (TTR 1990:87). / A company of military settlers and some Hawke's Bay volunteers joined him.

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