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eke panuku

1. (verb) to hit home, win, gain victory, successfully overcome.

Ao ake i te ata, e hoe mai ana ngā waka o Ngāti Toa, ka maranga te taua o Ngāi Tahu. Ko Ngāi Tahu i eke panuku, heoi, ka puta te ihu o Te Rauparaha (Te Ara 2016). / Next morning, as Ngāti Toa were paddling in, the Ngāi Tahu war party rose up. The victory went to Ngāi Tahu, although Te Rauparaha managed to escape.

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