ina tonu
1. (location) just before.
Ina tonu i mua i te Pakanga Tuarua i tīmata te whakatūtū haere a Pāora i ngā hui puni Aranga hei ako i ngā tamariki kura o Te Whānau-a-Apanui o Whitianga ki ngā tikanga whakapono a te Ringatū (TTR 1998:27). / Just before the Second World War Pāora began to hold Easter camps to teach the schoolchildren of Te Whānau-a-Apanui of Whitianga the belief systems of of Ringatū.
Synonyms: i nakua tonu nei, inakuarā, inā tata nei, i mua tata atu, nōnākuara
