2. (noun) competition, contest.
Ahakoa nō te tau 1994 i hakaina tuatahitia ki ngā taumāhekeheke matua o te motu i tū nei ki Hāwera i taua tau rā, e hāngai tonu ana ngā kupu (HM 1/1998:1). / Although it was first performed in 1994 at the national competitions held in Hāwera that year, the words are still relevant.