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tāwharuwharu

1. (verb) to be full of depressions, full of gullies.

Ahakoa e tāwharuwharu ana ngā takiwā o Kāwhia, o Aotea, pai ake te oneone hei whakatupu i te tini o te kai (KO 15/1/1884:7). / Although the Kāwhia and Aotea districts are full of gullies, the soil is good for growing many crops.

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2. (noun) depressions, hollows, gullies.

Kei te tirotiro haere ngā kairūri rerewē i ngā pāpāringa o ngā maunga, i ngā tihi hoki, i ngā taporetanga, i ngā paritū, i ngā tāheke, i ngā whārua, i ngā papatairite, i ngā tāwharuwharu, i ngā wāhi katoa, kia tika ai tērā karanga mō te rerewē ki Pōneke (KO 15/10/1883). / The railway surveyors are looking about at flanks of the mountains, and at the peaks, depressions, steep cliffs, waterfalls, valleys, plains, gullies, everywhere, so that that call for the railway to Wellington will be on course.

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