rautau
1. (noun) century.
I te tīmatanga o te rautau rua tekau, e ikitia ana te iwi Māori e te kohi me ētahi atu mate rere i tau mai i tāwāhi (PK 2008:168). / At the beginning of the 20th Century the Māori people were being devastated by tuberculosis and other contagious diseases that arrived from overseas.