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paepae /ˈpʌɪpʌɪ /noun (plural same or paepaes) NZ1A bench on which speakers sit in a Maori meeting house: he was on the paepae alongside the elders...- It was a warm spring day as I sat on the paepae of my marae at Omarumutu, on an elevated platform looking out to sea.
- He entered the house, stepping over the high paepae.
- It is nothing new to me to be sitting on the paepae.
1.1The group of speakers in a Maori meeting house: he brings a younger perspective to the paepae...- The organisation was established by a current Paepae member and supported by the New Zealand Film Commission.
- Its purpose was to replenish the paepae with members who could speak with authority.
- It begins with the principal speakers and elders of the paepae.
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