1. (noun) calm sea, smooth sea.
Kua mawhiti anō te haere ki roto o Tākitimu waka, ki reira rumaki ai i te wairua ki tō tātou reo Māori, ki reira anō hoki rumaki ai i te tinana ki te au hāro o Waimārama (HM 3/1995:2). / We have jumped again into the Tākitimu canoe territory, there to immerse the soul in our Māori language and to immerse our bodies in the calm sea of Waimārama.
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