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kumara pitnoun NZ(In Maori society) a pit used for storing fruit and vegetables, typically sweet potatoes; a rua: the fugitive hid in a kumara pit...- The first Maori settlers levelled the top and dug terraces and kumara pits in the side.
- As a toddler he fell into a deep kumara pit on the pa - and spent a miserable day waiting to be found.
- Paritutu had once stood somewhat taller, perhaps a metre, but the summit had been flattened by sheer hard work to make a level site for whare and kumara pits.
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