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Results for 'Waipounamu'

Waipounamu, n. Greenstone, jade. Me te ahua waipounamu na ano (T. 158).

Williams Dictionary

I pakeke ake ia i Te Waipounamu.
He grew up in the South Island.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kei Rakiura te pāpā.
The father is in Stewart Island.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Kua haere koe ki Te Waipounamu?
Have you been to the South Island?
Using 'ki' to indicate direction towards something - ki

Kei te oma te kurī ki Te Waipounamu.
The dog is running to the South Island.

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