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1. (verb) (-a) to stop up, block, dam.

Ko te matenga o te tangata, ka hinga i te patu ki roto i te wai ka pāia, arā ka punia; koia Te Waipā (M 2004:406). / The people who were killed and fell into the stream blocking it up and bamming it, hence the name Te Waipā.

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2. (modifier) blocked, dammed, stopped up.

He awa puni Te Wairoa (W 1971:310). / The Wairoa river is dammed.

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3. (noun) camping place, camp.

E hoki mai ana rātau ki te whakatā mō te kotahi wiki, ka hoki atu ai ki tō rātau puni i Takapuna, Tāmaki-makau-rau (HP 1971:33). / They were returning to rest up for the week before returning to their camp at Takapuna, Auckland.

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4. (noun) company of people, contingent, detachment, group.

I te tau 1824 ka takina atu e Te Hanataua te puni a Ngāti Ruanui hei whakahirihiri i a Te Rauparaha e taiapuhia ana i Kapiti (TTR 1990:305). / In 1824 Te Hanataua led the Ngāti Ruanui contingent to assist Te Rauparaha who was being attacked on Kapiti Island.

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