3. (noun) flowing.
Nui atu i te iwa tekau māero te whānui o te ngutuawa, o taua awa; ka wai māori tonu atu te moana i te wai o taua awa, tae noa atu ki te kotahi rau e rua tekau māero te roa o te rerenga o te wai māori ki waho ki te moana (TWMNT 18/4/1876:90). / The width of that river mouth is more than ninety miles. The sea is of fresh water because that river flows with fresh water right out to one hundred and twenty miles distance out into the ocean.
4. (noun) setting, rising (of the sun, etc.).
Ka tata au ki te rerenga o te rā, ki te tōnga o te rā (TPH 15/7/1900:4). / I am approaching the setting of the sun.
Synonyms: takiwā, tautanga, whakanoho, whakanohonoho
5. (noun) person who has escaped, fugitive, survivor, refugee, sentence (language).
I taua wā e awhitia ana Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti i Te Pourewa e Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare o Tokomaru me wētahi o ngā rerenga o Ngāti Porou (TTR 1990:16). / At that time Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare of Tokomaru Bay and some fugitives of Ngāti Porou were besieging Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti at Te Pourewa.
Synonyms: konene
6. (noun) offshoots of a family, distant relatives.
Nō te 15 ka mate a Meiha Keepa, tīmata i taua rā tae noa ki te 18 ko Whanganui anake e whakaeke ana ki te tangi. I te 19 ko Ngā Rauru e 90 me ngā rerenga, awatea ake ko Ngāti Apa e 30 me ngā rerenga, awatea ake ko Rangitāne, ko Muaupoko e 80 me ngā rerenga, i te ahiahi ko Ngāti Raukawa e 60 me ōna rerenga (TJ 10/5/1898:5). / On the 15th Major Kemp died and from that day until the 18th it was only Whanganui that attended the tangi. On the 19th it was 90 of Ngā Rauru and their relatives and next day there were 30 of Ngāti Apa and their relatives, next day were 80 Rangitāne and Muaupoko and their relatives and in the afternoon it was 60 Ngāti Raukawa with their relatives.
7. (noun) planting (of kūmara, etc.).
He tika titiro ai ngā tūpuna ki ngā pō tika hei rerenga mō te kūmara, hei ngā pō kore ua nō te mea ki te rokohanga te kōpura kūmara e te ua ka mate (TKO 11/1920:4). / It's right that the ancestors considered what were the correct nights for planting kūmara and nights when there was no rain, because if it rained the kūmara tubers would die.
Synonyms: pounga, ono, whakatiputipu, rumaki, whakatō, whakatōtō, whakatōnga, marotiritiri
8. (noun) variation, version, variant.
Kauā: Ko tētahi rerenga o tēnei ingoa he kauwaha, he momo anō nō te āwheto (M 2006:236). / Kauā: Another variation of this name is 'kauwaha', a species of caterpillar.
9. (noun) issue (e.g. of a newspaper).
E ono anō ngā rerenga o 'Te Pihoihoi' ka mutu, nō te pō ka wāwāhia e ngā Māori te perehi ko ngā reta i whakarewaina hei matā pū (TP 12/1906:10). / There were just six issues of 'Te Pihoihoi' before it stopped and one night the printing press was smashed by the Māori and the type was melted down for bullets.
