2. (modifier) collective, group, combined.
Ko te kaha o ngā tāngata mahi ināianei kei tā rātou tikanga whakarōpū i a rātou, e karangatia nei he uniana (TP 9/1912:8). / The strength of the working people now is in how they group themselves in what are called unions.
3. (noun) grouping, combining.
I tīmata tēnei mahi i te Waipiro Poraka me ngā whenua i te taha tuaraki, ā tae rawa ki te takiwā o Tūpāroa, ā oti ana ngā whakarōpū tangata me ngā whakarōpū pānga whenua (TTT 30/7/1921:9). / This work began with the Waipiro Block and the lands to the north, right as far as the Tūpāroa area, and the grouping of people and the consolidation of land shares has been completed.
