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pūhera

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to parcel up, package up.

2. (loan) (noun) parcel, package, packet.

I haere ngā moni hei tuku pūhera atu ki ngā hōia Māori i Parani me ngā tāngata o Rarotonga i Īhipa (TTR 1996:74-75). / The money was used to send parcels to the Māori soldiers in France and the men of Rarotonga in Egypt.

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Synonyms: pōrukuruku, pāhara, takai, pākete, pāka, tatai, mōkī

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