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Māehe

1. (loan) (personal noun) March (month).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 47;)

Ko te hui o te Ātirīkonatanga o Haki Pei hei te rā i muri iho i te whakapuaretanga o Te Aute Kāreti, arā hei te 11 o ngā rā o Māehe (TTT 1/3/1927:551). / The meeting of the Archdeaconry of Hawkes Bay will be the day after the opening of Te Aute College, that is the 11th March.

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Synonyms: Maramatoru

maehe

1. (noun) kōaro, Galaxias brevipinnis, whitebait - a small spotted freshwater fish dark greenish-brown to grey-brown in colour. The juvenile form is one of the five species called whitebait. Widespread throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand in clear, fast-flowing, cobble to boulder streams and rivers with forest cover.

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