ngā taru o Tura
1. grey hair - a metaphor for old age.
Ko te tūmanako ka kaha tonu te whakauru mai o te hunga kāore anō i tata atu ki ngā taru o Tura, ki ēnei o ā tātou whakamātautau (HM 1/1998:3). / The hope is that the people who are not yet approaching old age will enrol in numbers for these examinations.
Synonyms: mātāpūpututanga, koroheketanga, kaumātuatanga, rāroa, ruahinetanga, pēperekōutanga, hirinaki
