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tutū ana te heihei

1. a great disturbance, all hell broke loose, there was pandemonium, chaos reigned, there was a great commotion, there was an uproar, things got quite heated - a phrase used to indicate that a great conflict has broken out or will erupt.

Tutū ana te heihei i roto i te pāramete o Parani ināianei, te take, he whakaaringa i te kupu pana atu i te rohe o taua rangatiratanga, ngā uri katoa a Ponupata (KO 15/2/1883:4). / There is an uproar in the French parliament at present, as a proposal was put forth to banish from the sovereign state all of the descendants of Napoleon.

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