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rērere

1. (verb) to fly about from place to place.

I kore parirau ai te moa rāua ko te kiwi he kore e rērere (TP 4/1910:2). / Because the moa and kiwi didn't have wings they can not fly.

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2. (verb) to sail from place to place.

He tima hou tēnei e rērere atu ana i Nēpia ka rere ki Te Wairoa, ki Tūranga, ki hea atu, i roto i ngā wiki katoa, hoki tonu mai hoki (TWM 19/12/1867:7). / This is a new ship sailing from Napier to Wairoa, Gisborne and other destinations every week, and returning.

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3. (verb) to flee, escape, run in all directions.

Ko ngā Hauhau o iwi kē i mau hereheretia i roto o Ngāti Porou, i rērere wētahi ki te ngahere, i pūhia wētahi (TTR 1990:383). / Of the Hauhau from other tribes, captured fighting in Ngāti Porou territory, some escaped into the bush, but others were shot.

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4. (verb) to fly in all directions.

Ka pūhia ka rere te matā i runga i te rangi me te kā haere te wiki, taka rawa te matā ki rō pā kua tae te ahi o te wiki ki te paura ki roto, nā ka pakaru ka rērere ngā maramara o te rino, ka matemate te tangata (TWM 11/2/1869:1). / When it is fired the bomb flies up in the sky with the wick burning as it goes, and when it falls inside the fort the fire of the wick reaches the powder inside, it explodes, the shrapnel flies in all directions and people die.

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