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puta ki waho

1. (verb) to be born.

Ko te whakaaro i whānau mai a Tūreiti Te Heuheu Tūkino, te tuarima o ngā tumu whakarae o Ngāti Tūwharetoa, i te tau 1865, i 1886 kē rānei. I puta ki waho hei tama mātāmua mā Horonuku Te Heuheu Tūkino IV rāua ko Tahuri Te Tuaki (TTR 1996:211). / Tūreiti Te Heuheu Tukino, the fifth paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, was born in 1865 or 1866. He was born the eldest son of Horonuku Te Heuheu Tūkino IV and Tahuri Te Tuaki.

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