1. (noun) song of a watchman.
Ko te tikanga o te mataaraara a taua tangata mō ngā tāngata o Ngāti Whātua i mate mai i a Kiwi i te kōhuru i Te Wai-tuoro (Wh4 2004:109) / The meaning of that man's watch song concerns the people of Ngāti Whātua killed by Kiwi in the massacre at Te Wai-tuoro.
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