raupo
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of raupo
Māori
Example Sentences
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Before long every village round the lake had its raupo chapel; and Chapman himself pressed on southward to Lake Taupo, where the effects of his labours will meet us later on.
From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Purchas
The elastic wall of raupo closed again around his neck; and the tapu was fairly beaten!
From Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by 'A Pakeha Maori'
In their hands they carried small baskets woven of raupo reeds, containing kai, or food.
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris
The bells were chiefly musket barrels, and they hung in actual raupo chapels built by Maori hands!
From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by H. T. (Henry Thomas) Purchas
He has a very comfortable little kainga, a fenced-in enclosure, wherein are raupo wharès built in the best styles of Maori architecture, with little verandahs in front of them, and curiously carved doors and fronts.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by William Delisle Hay
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