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rautaki

1. (modifier) strategic, intelligence.

I a ia i Awherika ki te Raki me Itari, he tono tonu mai te mahi i a ia ki te kohi, ki te whakatau rānei i ngā rongo rautaki, i mua i te kōkiritanga atu o tā rātau ope taua matua (TTR 2000:50). / While he was in North Africa and Italy he was often required to collect and report intelligence information prior to the advance of their main battalion.

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2. (noun) strategy.

Ka noho te rangatira o taua iwi rā ki te whakataka rautaki hopu, whakamate i te taniwha rā (Te Ara 2013). / The chief of the tribe sat down to prepare a strategy to capture and kill the taniwha.

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