whare taonga
1. (noun) museum.
Kotahi te poupou kei te whare taonga kei St Petersburg, he tāone nui kei Rūhia (TTR 1990:390). / One carved post is in the museum in St Petersburg, a large city in Russia.
Synonyms: whare pupuri taonga, whare whakamātakitaki, whare tongarewa
whare pupuri taonga
1. (noun) museum.
E rua tekau ngā toi moko Māori e hoki mai ana i Parī ki te wā kāinga nei. Neke atu i te rua rau tau aua tūpuna e takoto ana i roto i ngā whare pupuri taonga o Wīwī (Te Karere 12/1/2012). / Twenty tattooed preserved Māori heads are returning home from Paris. Those ancestors have been in the museums of France for more than two hundred years.
Synonyms: whare taonga, whare whakamātakitaki, whare tongarewa
whare pūkainga taonga
1. (noun) warehouse, shop.
Ko ngā whare pūkainga taonga e 59 (TJ 15/3/1898:5). / There were 59 warehouses.
Synonyms: toa, whare hokohoko