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tānga

1. (noun) division, company, relay (of people), reinforcement.

I whakawhiti atu ia ki tāwāhi i te taha o te Ope Tānga Tekau Mā Tahi (TTR 1998:150). / He went overseas with the 11th Reinforcements.
E ai ki a Paipai, ka wehewehea ngā tānga o rātou hei whaiwhai i te moa kia ngenge. Kia pau te hau i te omanga, kua ngāwari noa iho te hauhau kia mate (TTR 1990:93). / According to Paipai, they were divided into relays to pursue the moa so they became exhausted. When they were tired from running away, clubbing them to death was quite easy.

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