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Uru kahika

1. A grove of kahika: a gathering or group where everyone supports one another like the root-system of a grove of kahikatea.

E kore taua hunga e hinga i a wai rā ahakoa he aha ānō he uru kahika / that lot wont be overcome anybody no matter what they're just like a grove of kahika.

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