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rerewhenua

1. (modifier) railway.

He maha tonu nei ngā rongo kōrero nui i mahia e ia o taua takiwā, tae atu ki te parekura rerewhenua i Tangiwai i te tau 1953 (TTR 2000:50). / There were many big news stories of the district that he worked on, including the Tangiwai railway disaster of 1953.

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2. (noun) railway.

Nō muri mai i āna mahi whakahaere i tētahi o ngā ope a tōna matua e hanga tupehau ana mō te taha awa o Tūtaekurī, ka huri ia ki te mahi mā te rerewhenua o Niu Tīreni, me te whare patu mīti hoki i Whakatū (TTR 1998:104). / After working as foreman on one of his father's labouring gangs building stopbanks along the Tūtaekurī River, he worked for New Zealand Railways and the freezing works at Whakatū.

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Synonyms: rerewei, rerewē, reriwē, reriwei

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