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papawīra

1. (loan) (noun) skateboard.

I te tekau tau atu i 1980 ka puea ake ngā hākinakina ‘mutunga mai’ – te eke kōhuka, kōreti, waka kōpana, pahikara kake maunga; te reti huka mā runga papa, te eke papawīra, te kake maunga, te rereangi, te tiripou (Te Ara 2016). / In the 1980s a variety of ‘extreme’ sports emerged - rafting, kayaking, jet boating, mountain biking, snowboarding, skateboarding, mountain climbing, gliding, paragliding and skydiving.

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