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tahatika

1. (noun) river bank.

I noho anō rātou i ngā tahatika o te awa o Waikato atu i Kirikiriroa ki Maungatautari (TTR 1990:317). / They also settled along the banks of the Waikato River from Kirikiriroa (Hamilton) to Maungatautari.

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Synonyms: paretai, tarawāhi


2. (noun) coastline, coast, shoreline (of a lake or the sea).

Nō te 24 o ngā rā o Maehe, 1836, ka puta a mua o te taua a Te Waharoa ki Tauranga, ka whakawhiti i te moana ki te tahatika i Maunganui ki Maketū (M 2006:256). / On the 24th of March, 1836, the vanguard of the war-party of Te Waharoa arrived at Tauranga, and then crossed over the harbour to the coast from Maunganui to Maketū.

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