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whakatepenga

1. (noun) conclusion, termination, end, finish.

I te whakatepenga o tana whaikōrero, ka tū mai ngā kaiwaiata. / At the conclusion of his speech, the singers stood up.

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2. (noun) outro.

Ko te whakatepenga te wāhanga whakamutunga o tētahi titonga puoro. He maha ngā waiata arotini o ēnei rā, ko te pāitiiti haere o te kahaoro te whakatepenga (RTP 2015:125). / The outro is the concluding section of a musical composition. In many contemporary pop songs, the outro is a fading away of the volume (RTP 2015:125).

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