Ko ngā rārangi huapae ka whakaaturia ki te mahere, e noho whakarara ana ki te pae weherua o te ao. Ko ētahi kei te taha raki, ko ētahi kei te tonga o te weheruatanga o te ao. Ko ngā ahopou, koirā ngā rārangi poutū e heke ana mai i te pito raki ki te pito tonga, e noho hāngai ana ki ngā ahopae. Ka whakamahia ngā ahopae me ngā ahopou hei tautohu pūwāhi ki te mahere.
The horizontial lines on a map running parallel with the equator. Some are located to the north, some to the south of the equator. Lines of longitude run from the North Pole to the South Pole and are perpendicular to the lines of latitude. Latitude and longitude are used to locate places on a map.
aho - line
pae - horizontal
Kei te ahopae 34º, ahopou 87º te moutere o Hāmoa e noho ana.
Kimihia te ahopae o Te Whanganui-a-Tara.
Ko hea tētahi wāhi i Ahitereiria he rite te ahopae ki tō Tāmakimakaurau?