1. (noun) a stretch of coast, reef or fishing ground set aside as a reserve for inland kinship groups to gather shellfish or to fish.
Kua tū ētahi kaupapa arumoni i raro i te Fisheries Act 1996, pērā i ngā taiāpure me ngā mahinga mātaitai (Te Ara 2013). / A number of statutory enterprises have been established under the Fisheries Act 1996, such as the taiāpure and mahinga mātaitai reserves.
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