wā o te korekore
1. (noun) depression, slump - a long period of financial and industrial decline.
Auau tonu tā rātou whakatū i ō rātou pō whakangahau i Hakaroa (arā, ko Horomaka he ingoa anō mō te kūiti rā), hei mahi moni hei tuku mā te hunga kāinga i te wā o te korekore (TTR 2000:63). / They performed concerts regularly around Banks Peninsula, to raise money for the community during the depression.