tauira raupapa
1. (noun) sequential pattern.
He tauira raupapa tau tēnei. Mō ia tupuranga o te tauira, ka tāpirihia te 3 ki te tau o mua: {1, 4, 7, 10, 13 ...} (TRP 2010:271). / This is a sequential pattern. For each repetition of the pattern, 3 is added to the previous number {1, 4, 7, 10, 13 ...}.