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Ingarani

1. (loan) (location) England.

He waiata pērā tō Ingarani, tō Wīwī, tō Rūhia, tō Hamani, tō ia iwi, tō ia iwi o tāwāhi (KO 16/5/1882:2). / England, France, Russia, Germany and each nation overseas have songs like that.

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Ingarangi

1. (loan) (location) England.

Ko Lily Copplestone o Aotearoa tonu tētahi o ngā kaikauhoe matatū, rāua ko te kaikauhoe rongonui, ko Mercedes Gleitze, nāna nei i kau te hawai o Ingarangi (TTR 1998:117). / Lily Copplestone of Aotearoa/New Zealand was one of the endurance swimmers, and the famous swimmer, Mercedes Gleitze, who swam the English channel.

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Mihingare

1. (loan) (modifier) Anglican, Church of England.

Ko reira e tino whakaatu pono ana ahau ki a koe ko ngā kaiwhakahaere o taua mahi i taua rā nō te Hāhi Mihingare, arā e kīia nei ko te Hāhi o Ingarangi (TP 10/1904:9). / It is that which I truly expound to you and the organisers of that activity on that day who are from the Anglican Church, that is the one called the Church of England.

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2. (loan) (noun) Anglican, Church of England, member of the Anglican Church.

Āe, ko tōku hāhi he Mihingare (TJ 3/11/1898:12). / Yes, my religion is Anglican.

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Mihinare

1. (loan) (modifier) Anglican, Church of England.

Nā te minita Pākehā rāua i hono i runga i te Hāhi Mihinare (TJ 2/2/1899:12). / The Pākehā minister joined them [in marriage] according to [the protocols of] the Anglican Church.

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2. (loan) (noun) Anglican, Church of England, member of the Anglican Church.

Nā te Mihinare i whakaū mai te whakapono ki roto o Waiapu i mua tata atu i te Tiriti o Waitangi (TP 11/1899:8). / The Anglicans brought the faith into Waiapu just before the Treaty of Waitangi.

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Hāhi Mihingare

1. (loan) Church of England, Anglican Church.

Ka pātai mai ki a au, 'Ko ēhea hāhi?' Ka whakautu atu au, 'Ko te Hāhi Weteriana, ko te Hāhi Mihingare, ko te Hāhi Perehipitiriana, ko te Hāhi Whakaminenga, ko te Hāhi o Te Karaiti.' (HP 1991:316-317) / He asked me, 'Which churches?' I replied, 'The Methodist Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterian Church, the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ.'

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Weira

1. (loan) (location) Wales - a country that is a part of the United Kingdom, to the west of central England.

Ā te 9 o Noema nei ka takoto te hākari a te Piriniha o Weira mā ngā toa o te Emepaea o Ingarangi (TTT 1/11/1929:1918). / On 9 November the Prince of Wales' banquet for the heroes of the British Empire will be held.

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Wēri

1. (loan) (location) Wales - a country that is a part of the United Kingdom, to the west of central England.

Ko ngā kupu kei runga i te karauna o te Piriniha o Wēri ko ēnei kupu… (TP 12/1906:5). / The words on the Prince of Wales’s crown are these…

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Hinemihi

1. (personal name) eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Hinemihi, a hapū of Ngāti Tūhourangi and the name of their meeting house which stood at Wairoa before the Tarawera-Rotomahana eruption in 1886. It now stands at Clandon Park in England.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 83-84;)

Weiri

1. (loan) (location) Wales - a country that is a part of the United Kingdom, to the west of central England.

Nō te 5 o ngā rā o Āperira ka pūhia kōhurutia te Piriniha o Weiri ki te teihana o te rerewē i Parahara, te tino tāone o Peratiamu, e tētahi tamaiti tāne, 15 ngā tau ko Hipito te ingoa, engari kāore te Piriniha i tū (TP 1/4/1900:11). / On 5 April the Prince of Wales was treacherously shot at at the railway station in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, by a 15 year old boy, whose name was Sipido, but the Prince was not wounded.

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Pēhi Kupe, Te

1. (personal name) (?-1828) Ngāti Toa; chief and warrior who fought with Te Rauparaha in the conquest of new territories in central Aotearoa/New Zealand, establishing their headquarters on Kapiti Island. Visited England in 1824 where he met King George IV, returning with guns for the invasion of the South Island, but he was killed at Kaiapoi pā after insulting a Ngāi Tahu chief.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 142-160;)

Ko Te Pēhi Kupe te mātāmua o ngā tama a Toitoi, ā, i heke mai a ia i ngā tātai matua o Toa Rangatira, te tino tipuna o Ngāti Toa (TTR 1990:245). / Te Pehi Kupe was the firstborn of Toitoi's sons and was descended in the senior line from Toa Rangatira, the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Toa.

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Huata, Wiremu Te Tau

1. (personal name) (1917-1991) Ngāti Kahungunu; Church of England minister and military chaplain to the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion in World War II in Egypt and Italy. Excelled at rugby representing Hawke's Bay. Revived the Waikato Māori Mission in Waikato-King Country from 1952 to 1972 and established strong links with the King Movement.

Wēra

1. (loan) (location) Wales - a country that is a part of the United Kingdom, to the west of central England.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 70;)

Ā, i aua rā, i whakaae ngā ariki, arā ngā piriniha o te whenua i Wēra, kia utu i te utu tau a aua ariki ki a Etika (TW 10/8/1878:399). / And in those days, the lords, that is the princes of Wales agreed to pay Edgar an annual tribute.

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Hakihona

1. (loan) (personal noun) Saxon - the Germanic people that conquered parts of England in 5th-6th centuries.

Uru ana ngā whenua katoa e takoto ana ki te hauāuru o ngā Hakihona o te Tonga me ngā whenua i te awa o te Temu tae noa ki te moana i karangatia ko te Hongere Ingirihi (KO 15/10/1887:6). / It encompassed all the lands lying to the west of the South Saxons and the lands from the River Thames right to the ocean called the English Channel.

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Hongere Ingarihi, Te

1. (loan) (noun) English Channel - the sea separating southern England from northern France.

Uru ana ngā whenua katoa e takoto ana ki te hauāuru o ngā Hakihona o te Tonga me ngā whenua i te awa o te Temu tae noa ki te moana i karangatia ko Te Hongere Ingirihi (KO 15/10/1887:6). / It encompassed all the lands lying to the west of the South Saxons and the lands from the River Thames right to the ocean called the English Channel.

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i haere Māori atu, i hoki Māori mai

1. I left as a Māori and I have returned as a Māori, task not accomplished, mission unsuccessful - an idiom to say that a mission was not accomplished. An idiom used by Tāwhiao after his unsuccessful trip to England.

Mere: I pēwhea tā koutou whīkoi ki te pāremata ki te tohe i te take rā? Whiri: Heoi anō. I haere Māori atu, i hoki Māori mai (HKKT 2011:12). / Mere: How was your trip to parliament to push our cause? Whiri: So, so. Our mission was unsuccessful.

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