tekau tau
1. (noun) decade.
Ko te Kotahitanga i tēnei wā e whawhai ana kia mau tonu te mana Māori, ā, atu i te tekau tau mai i 1870 ko Tūhaere tō rātou tino kaihāpai (TTR 1990:364). / In the decade from 1870 Tūhaere was a leading proponent of the Te Kotahitanga movement, which fought to achieve greater Māori autonomy.