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huarahi

1. (noun) road, highway, track, street, avenue.

Kāore i ārikarika te paruparu o ngā huarahi, nā reira tonu i mate ai ō mātou paihikara (TP 8/1905:7). / There was a lot of mud on the roads and that's why our bicycles got into trouble.

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Synonyms: huanui, rori


2. (noun) method, procedure, process, way, route.

Ko tētahi huarahi e ora roa ai tō tāua reo me whakaako i ngā kura Māori, kāhore he huarahi kē atu (RK 1994:49). / One way for our language to survive for a long time is that it should be taught in Māori schools, there is no better way.

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Synonyms: ara, hātepe, tikanga, tukanga, pēwheatanga, tāera

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