1. (noun) old age, latter years, later life.
I tōna kaumātuatanga ka noho a Maniapoto ki Te Ana-uriuri, tētehi ana pākeho kei te takiwā o Waitomo (Te Ara 2011). / In his old age Maniapoto lived in Te Ana-uriuri, a limestone cave in the region of Waitomo.
Synonyms: mātāpūpututanga, koroheketanga, rāroa, ruahinetanga, pēperekōutanga, hirinaki, ngā taru o Tura
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