1. (noun) slaughter, massacre, carnage, bloodbath.
E mōhiotia ana te tārukenga a Ngā Puhi i a Ngāti Porou i Te Whetūmatarau me Kōkai (Te Ara 2013). / Ngā Puhi's massacres of Ngāti Porou at Te Whetūmatarau and Kokai are known.
Synonyms: whakapiko, whārona awatea, parekura
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