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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