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waenganui pō

1. (location) midnight, middle of the night.

I waenganui pō, ka haere au ki te titiro haere i ngā hēteri mehemea kei te tika tā rātau mahi (HP 1991:179). / In the middle of the night I went to check on the sentries to see if they were doing their job correctly.

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Synonyms: tūruapō, tūruawaenga pō, weheruatanga pō, weheruatanga o te pō, tūruawaenganui pō, tūruawē pō, tūrotowaenga, waipō, i waenganui pō, weherua pō, weherua

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