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Tāhimania

1. (loan) (location) Tasmania.

Te tino kōrero o Ahitereiria ināianei ko te whakakotahitanga i ngā kāwanatanga e ono: o Niu Tauti Wēra, o Wikitōria, o Kuīnirana, o Tauti Ahitereira, o Wēta Ahitereiria, o Tāhimania (TP 10/1900:11). / The big news of Australia at the moment is the unification of the six governments: of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.

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Tāhimeinia

1. (loan) (location) Tasmania.

Tētahi aituā nui i pā ki Tāhimeinia, he moutere kei te tai whakararo o Ahitereiria (TP 10/1912:11). / A great disaster has struck Tasmania, an island south of Australia.

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Tāhimenia

1. (loan) (location) Tasmania.

Ko Te Wera, ko te tangata i tū i Nui Tīreni nei hei Koroniara Hekeretari, ā kua tū i a Te Kuīni hei Kāwana mō Atarēria, kua kīia anō e Kuīni kia haere ia hei Kāwana mō Tāhimenia (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Sir Fredrick Weld, the man who was Colonial Secretary here in New Zealand and has been appointed by the Queen as Governor for Australia, has been told by the Queen to go and become the governor for Tasmania.

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