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Tangaroa-ā-mua

1. (personal noun) moon on the twenty-second night of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the eighth night of the lunar month, or the eighth night after the full moom.


2. (noun) moon on the eighth night after the full moon.

Mā te Tangaroa-ā-mua nei e whakapūmau te āhua o te roanga atu o ngā Tangaroa katoa (WT 2013:32). / It is during the first night of Tangaroa, Tangaroa-ā-mua, that the true nature of the Tangaroa period will be confirmed (WT 2013:32).

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