1. (particle) (determiner) those - variation of ērā.
I whawhai tahi rāua ko tōna tuakana ko Kakatarau ki a Te Whānau-a-Apanui i te tau 1834, i te taenga ake o wērā ki te 'kai i ngā manawa o Ngāti Porou' (TTR 1990:37). / In 1834 he and his older brother, Kakatarau, fought together against Te Whānau-a-Apanui when they arrived to 'eat the hearts of Ngāti Porou'.
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