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āhere

1. (verb) (-tia) to catch birds using snares, fix snares.

Ka āheretia ngā waka wai, ka āheretia ngā manga o ngā miro, ngā manga e pai ana hei iringa mō ngā māhanga (JPS 1895:133). / The snares are placed on the water troughs, as well as on such of the branches of the miro trees and the trees that are suitable for hanging the snares.

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2. (noun) snare (noose for catching birds).

E toru ngā tino ritenga patu mō tenei manu, mō te kererū: te tuatahi he tūtū; te tuarua he āhere (māhanga); te tuatoru he tāhere (wero) (JPS 1895:132). / There are three methods used for catching this bird, the kererū - the first is the tūtū, the second the āhere, the third the tāhere.

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