Makere
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Ōmakere (previously spelt Omakere) is a farming locality in the Central Hawke's Bay District and Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located east of Waipawa. Ōmakere translates as place (Ō) someone was lost or died (makere). The Omakere Church includes a stained glass memorial wall, depicting Jesus Christ's crucifixion, in memory of three local men who died in war. The Omakere and neighbouring Elsthorpe rugby union teams were featured in a New Zealand television advertisement for coverage of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Makere may refer to: Makere, Kenya, a settlement in Coast Province, Kenya Makere people, an ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of Congo Makere Stewart-Harawira, New Zealand academic ==See also== Makerere, a neighborhood in Kampala, Uganda Maatkare, a name shared by several royal women from Ancient Egypt
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