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rohe

1. (verb) (-a) to set boundaries, set apart.

Kāore rawa i whakatūria te kura ki Porirua, engari ko te wāhi whenua i rohea atu i ērā tau e toru tekau kua taha nei (TWMNT 30/10/1875:236). / The school at Porirua has never been established, although the piece of land was set apart thirty years ago.

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Synonyms: tapu, whakaihi


2. (noun) boundary, district, region, territory, area, border (of land).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)

Ko te rā tuarua tēnei, arā, ko te 24 o Whiringa-ā-nuku o te tau 2009, mai i te hokinga mai i te uhunga ki a Mate Huatahi Kaiwai i te marae o Mangahānea, i paku kō atu i Rua-a-Tōrea, i te rohe o Ngāti Porou (HM 4/2009:1). / This is the second day, the 24 October 2009, since returning from the funeral of Mate Huatahi Kaiwai at Mangahānea marae, a little beyond Rua-a-Tōrea in Ngāti Porou territory.

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Synonyms: pae, , whaitua, takiwā

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