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whakakopi

1. (verb) (-tia,-a,-ngia) to gather together in one place, close, bend.

Nā Hoani anō i whakakopi te hui. Ka mutu, ka hora te kai a te whakaminenga (HP 1991:296). / It was John himself who closed the meeting. When that concluded, the meal of the assembly was spread out.

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2. (modifier) closing, concluding.

Hei te 'Muka' tuatahi pea o te tau hou puta ai ngā kōrero e mōhio ai tātou katoa ki ngā whakaaro i hua ake i tēnei hui whakakopi i tō tātou Tau o te Reo Māori (HM 4/1995:4). / Perhaps in the first edition of 'He Muka' of the new year the accounts will appear where we will all know the ideas that resulted from this final meeting of our Year of the Māori Language.

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