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rongo ā-marae

1. (noun) peace negotiated by a male mediator, rapprochement.

Ko 1871 te tau i whakaingoatia ko Taingākawa tētehi o ngā 'Hauhau o Ngāti Hauā', ā, ko te whakapae he rūkahu noa ana whakamātautau ki te rongo ā-marae (TTR 1996:237). / In 1871 Taingakawa was classed as one of the 'Ngāti Hauā Hauhaus', and the accusation was made that his attempts at rapprochement were insincere.

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