1. (noun) clearing, cleared garden, garden plot.
I whakarite a Te Whatapoto i a ia ki a Apatahi, he tipuna nō Ngāti Parua, i pēnei hoki me Te Whatapoto, i tangi purapura mō tana mahinga i te waerenga (M 2007:366). / Te Whakapoto likened himself to Apatahi, an ancestor of Ngāti Parua who like Te Whakapoto begged for seeds for his cleared garden (M 2007:367)
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