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manurere

1. (noun) aeroplane, aircraft, plane.

Ka puta te karanga, "Ko ngā pāhihi katoa mō Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara me piki ināianei ki runga i te manurere." / The call came, "All passengers for Wellington must board the plane now."

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Synonyms: waka rererangi, wakarere


2. (noun) airship, Zeppelin - a long cylindrical airship used during the First World War and until the 1930s.

I runga i te nui o ngā manurere tino nunui o Tiamana kua pakaru, ā i tēnei wā kua whakamutua te hanga i ana tū āhua, engari kua hangaia kia ririki anake (TKO 15/1/1917:9). / Because so many super Zeppelins have been destroyed, the building of those types has ended, now only smaller ones are being made.

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