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whakakaurera

1. (verb) (-tia) to elevate, raise, overlook (view).

He mea whakahoki atu a ia ki te kāinga i Hiruhārama, ki te urupā o te whānau, ki Tūrangarāhui, tāpukena ai i te upane whakapūangiangi, e whakakaurera atu rā ki ngā raorao, he mea pāmu rā e tōna whānau (TTR 2000:182). / He was taken home to Hiruhārama, to the family cemetery, Tūrangarāhui, to be buried on a windswept knoll elevated above the flats farmed by his extended family.

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Synonyms: whakatupu, whakapakeke, mairanga, riaki, whakatū, whakaara, whakaikeike, whakarawe, whakatipu, whāngai, whakatāiri, whakaaranga, kōranga, hāpai, , huataki, rangahua, huaranga, araara, whakatiputipu, riariaki, whakatairangaranga, hiki

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