1. (noun) restless person.
Heoti, nā te mea e noho tou tīrairaka ana, ka hoki anō a Timi Kara i te tau 1875 ki ngā mahi pāmu teihana i roto i Te Matau-a-Māui me Tūranganui-a-Rua (TTR 1994:9). / However, because he was restless, James Carroll returned in 1875 to station life in Hawke's Bay and Poverty Bay.
Synonyms: tou repa
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