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whakahohoro

1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to hurry, hasten, accelerate, fast-track, speed up.

Kua whakaae te Pirimia ki te wehe i tētahi moni hei whakahohoro i ngā rūri o ngā whenua Māori (TP 11/1907:6). / The Prime Minister has agreed to assign a fund to speed up the surveying of Māori land.

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Synonyms: whakahoro, whakatere

2. (noun) acceleration, speeding up, hastening, hurrying.

Nā rāua i āwhina te whakahohoro ake i te whakaoranga o ngā Māori kia tini, kia hua anō ai (TTR 1996:12). / They helped to speed up the population recovery of the Māori.

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