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taupaepae

1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to meet and escort (visitors as they arrive).

Ka hoki mai ia ki Aotearoa hei taupaepae mō ngā pungarehu o Māui Pōmare (TTR 1996:97). / He returned to Aotearoa/New Zealand to accompany the ashes of Māui Pōmare.

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2. (noun) reception area.


3. (noun) counter-attack.

Mārama tonu ētahi atu kaihautū ki te ārai i te hoariri, engari takitahi noa i mōhio ki te taupaepae (TTR 1990:356). / Other Māori leaders understood how to repulse attacks, but few knew how to counter-attack.

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