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hutinga

1. (noun) raising, hoisting, fishing, plucking, pulling.

Ka whakaarahia e rātau ko wētahi o Ngāi Te Kete, he pou āhua kaitā tonu, kātahi ka hūtia te kara o Peretānia. I whakatakariri wētahi o Tūranganui-a-Kiwa ki taua hutinga (TTR 1990:38). / He and some of Ngāi Te Kete erected quite a large pole and then hoisted the British flag. Some Poverty Bay people were angry about the hoisting of that flag.

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Synonyms: , kato, huti, whawhaki, whakatupu, whakaputu, whakapiki, whakatipu, hīanga, whakatūtū

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