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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Maori
Meaning & History
It means “affect by incantations” and “pare, slice, pare off”. This is the name of a female cousin of Senior Ngati Mutunga Chief Patukawenga who was married to a Waikato chief of Ngatikoroki named Taui. This was also the name of a Nhati-Toa Chief.