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rere tārewa

1. (verb) to rush headlong.

Ka rere tārewa anō a Whakatau ki runga i a Tupakihimi rāua ko Paparakewa, tīhorea mai ana ngā matū o ngā tuarā (JPS 1895:169). / Whakatau rushed headlong on to Tupakihimi and Paparakewa, and tore the fat off their backs.

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2. (noun) rush.

Nō ngā tau i muri mai ka hoki ngā mahara o tana mātāmua, o Frank, ki ngā rere tārewa whakaekeke mō te kōura, nā reira raka i kume a Eruera rātau ko tōna whānau ki Te Tai Poutini (TTR 1994:21). / In later years his eldest son, Frank, recalled the goldrushes which took Edward and his family to the West Coast.

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Synonyms: patiko, oioi, rei, whakatūkawikawi, tuoma, teretere, hīrere, rere, tūpou, takaniti, takawhiti, wakewake

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