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huranga

1. (noun) removal (of a covering), revealing (cards), uncovering, exposing, unveiling, discovery.

Mō te wā tēnei e haere atu ai te whānau me te iwi ki te urupā ki te huranga kōhatu (EM 2002:188). / This is for the time when the family and the tribe go to the cemetery to a headstone unveiling.

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2. (noun) exposure.

Mā te kaihopu whakaahua e whiriwhiri mēnā māna tonu e tohu te huranga, arā, te roa e huaki ana te kōpani kia uru ai te aho, mā te pū whakaahua rānei e tohu (RTA 2014:143). / It is for the photographer to decide if she herself will select the exposure, that is the length of time that the shutter is open so that the light enters, or the camera automatically does it.

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