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tūranga - stopping place (as in: tūranga pahi bus stop; tū + nominal suffix -ranga)

tūranga - stand, position, foundation

He tūranga motuhake te reo Māori i waenganui i ngā reo e kōrerotia ana i Aotearoa nei.
Māori has a special position amongst the languages spoken here in Aotearoa.
Passive sentences - tikina...

Ko Ngāmotu te taone pai, engari ko Tūranga te taone mahana.
New Plymouth is the great city, but Gisborne is the warm city.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Ā, me te kāhui a Riki, koutou e noho ki runga i te āhuru tapu ki Tūranga Waiowai, Ngāruawāhia. Ā, rire, rire hau, pai rātou.
And to the group of Riki, you who are staying within the shelter of this sacred time at Tūranga Waiowai, Ngāruawāhia. Alas, sighs and heavy breaths—may things be well for them.

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