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kura tuatahi

1. (modifier) primary school.

Karekau ana he utu ki ngā kaiwhakaako kura tuatahi, kura tuarua (HM 3/1996:5). / There is no charge to primary and secondary school teachers.

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2. (noun) primary school.

Ko te hunga e tino pīrangi ana te Taura Whiri kia whakauru mai ki ēnei kura, ko ērā e whakaako ana i ngā kura tuatahi me ngā kura tuarua o te motu, ā, ko te reo Māori tētahi o ngā reo kawe i ngā kaupapa o te karaehe (HM 3/1996:5). / The group that the Māori Language Commission really want to enrol in these schools are those teaching in the primary and secondary schools of the nation, and where the Māori language is one of the teaching mediums of subjects of the school.

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