1. (loan) (noun) shield.
Nō te tau 1902, ka noho ia hei mema mō te tīma tuatahi o Ākarana i toa rā ki te Hīra o Ranapare (TTR 1996:1). / In 1902 he was a member of the first Auckland team that won the Ranfurly Shield.
Synonyms: kahupeka, whakaruruhau, whakangungu rākau, whakapuru tao, maru, ārai, pākai, whakangungu, pukupuku, ārei, puapua
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