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tahuaroa

1. (noun) open space, space in front of the meeting house, courtyard - sometimes as tahua roa.

I whiua e aua rangatira ki te tahuaroa te kahu kiwi, te māhiti, te paepaeroa, te koroai: kei nga whare whakakitekite e iri ana hei mātakitaki mā te Pākehā (TTT 1/5/1922:6). / Those chiefs threw onto the open space kiwi feather cloaks, capes covered with long white hair of dogs' tails, and cloaks ornamented with black thrums. They are hanging in museums for Pākehā to view.

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Synonyms: kauhanga, kauwhanga, ahoaho, āputa

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