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tōpito o te ao

1. ends of the earth, other parts of the world.

Ko tētahi rōpū e mea ana kia hangaia he ture hei whakawhāiti i ngā huarahi tukutuku pata, tīhi hoki, ki ngā mākete o tāwāhi, hei whakahaere i te hokonga o aua kai, hei whakariterite i ngā tima hei hari atu i Nui Tīreni nei ki ngā tōpito o te ao (TTT 1/10/1923:10). / One group is saying that a law should be made to restrict the avenues to send butter and cheese to overseas markets, to organise the sale of those foods and to arrange the ships to transport them from New Zealand to other parts of the world.

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2. pole (North and South).

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