koiraka
1. (interjection) it is that, that's, those are, that was, those were, hence, consequently - variation of koia rā.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 8;)
I pau te nuinga o tōna tamarikitanga ki Ōmarumutu, e haere ana ki te kura Māori me te tākaro hoki i te marae, ā, koiraka i tino mārama ai a Matiu ki te kōrero Māori me te mōhio hoki ki ngā tikanga o te marae (TTR 2000:207). / He spent the majority of his childhood at Ōmarumutu, attending the native school and playing around the marae, and consequently grew up a fluent speaker of Māori with a knowledge of marae customs.
See also koia rā
