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kaitūao

1. (noun) casual worker, transient worker, volunteer worker, short-term employee.

Ka puta atu ko Rūtene Te Piiki me ana kaitūao Pākehā e 20 ki te pā o Mōkena i te 3 o Hūrae (TTR 1990:39). / Lieutenant Biggs and 20 Pākehā volunteers reached Mōkena's pā on 3 July.

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