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1. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to overcome, oppress, surmount.

Heoti, kāhore i taea e aua hui te where ngā raruraru o roto tonu mai i te Kīngitanga me ngā rerenga kētanga i waenga i ngā iwi i waho i te Kīngitanga (TTR 1994:36). / However, those meetings failed to overcome divisions within the King movement and differences with tribes outside it.

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Synonyms: kaupēhipēhi, whakawhiu, nonope, aupēhi, tāmi, pēhi, whakapēhi, tātāmi, poke, kake, pāpā, wikitōria, whakatina, tārū, hinga, poko, raupatu, tae, takapapa, pārure, whakatūoi, mate, whara

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