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huarere

1. (noun) weather.

E rua ngā hau whakapipi matua ka pā ki te huarere o Aotearoa - ko tērā ka hua mai i runga ake i te whenua o Ahitereiria, ko tērā hoki ka hua mai i runga ake i Te Tiri o te Moana ki te Tonga (RP 2009:195). / There are two main air masses that affect the weather of Aotearoa/New Zealand - that which is produced above the land mass of Australia, and that which develops above Antarctica.

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