1. (noun) bush, forest - unusual variation of ngahere.
Ko ngā taitamariki kua akona e ngā Pākehā i haere ki te ngarehe ki te kani papa (MM.TKM 30/9/1856:9). / The young men who had been taught by the Pākehā, proceeded to the forests to saw timber.
See also ngahere
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