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pūau

1. (noun) river mouth.

Nō te 8 o Ākuhata i te tau 1874 i whānau ai a Tuiti Makitānara ki te pūau o Kaituna ki ngā kokorutanga o Te Wairau (TTR 1998:99). / Sweet MacDonald was born on 8 August 1874 at the mouth of the the Kaituna river (Havelock) in the Marlborough Sounds.

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Synonyms: koniu, pūaha, ngutu, pūao, pūwaha, ngutuawa

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