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mōrehurehu

1. (verb) to survive.

E ngā rangatira, paiherengia tāua i runga i te aroha, i te whakapono o Ihu Karaiti; he iwi hoki tāua ka mōrehurehu i waenganui o te Pākehā i te mata o te whenua (TKO 31/7/1920:7). / Chiefs, bind us in love and the belief in Jesus Christ, and we are a people that has survived amongst the Pākehā on the face of the land.

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2. (noun) survivor.

Nō muri tonu iho ka tonoa a Te Whiwhi rāua ko Te Keepa, ki te kōrero whakamomori ki ngā mōrehurehu o taua iwi rā (TTR 1990:345). / Soon after that Te Whiwhi and Mr Kemp were sent to reassure the survivors of that tribe.

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