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ngāti tāua

1. you and I, us, we - this idiom includes the speaker and the listener or listeners. Sometimes appears as ngāi tāua.

He tangata au e whakapono ana ki te whaiwhaiā, ki te kēhua. Nō mua iho ēnei taputapu a tāua, a te Māori. Ki te whakahē ētahi o ngāti tāua, ka kīia e tātou he pōrangi taua hunga e whakahē ana (TP 3/1905:8). / I believe in witchcraft and ghosts. These supernatural things belonging to us, to Māori, are from ancient times. If some of us disagree, we will label those who disagree crazy.

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