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ko taua āhua anō rā

1. exactly the same - an idiom to indicate that two or more things are the same.

Kua kore e kitea he tūī i ngā uru rākau o Kirikiriroa. Me te korimako, ko taua āhua anō rā. / Tūī are no longer seen in the groves of trees in Hamilton. And the bellbird is the same.

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