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i te awatea

1. broad daylight, middle of the day.

Nō te paunga o te toru marama, ka tahuri te iwi rā ki te kāwhaki i a rātou i te awatea ana; ka hinga rā hoki te pā (TTR 1990:342). / After three months the people set about escaping in the daylight and the pā fell.

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Synonyms: aoatea, awatea, rānui

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