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taara

1. (loan) (noun) dollar.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 48;)

tāra

1. (loan) (noun) dollar.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 48;)

He maitai te kotahi tāra me te rua tāra o Aotearoa, he pepa ngā mea nui ake i tērā te wāriu (PK 2008:862). / The one and two dollars are coins in Aotearoa/New Zealand and the ones above that in value are notes.

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kotahi tāra

1. (loan) (noun) one dollar coin, one dollar.

rua tekau tāra

1. (loan) (noun) twenty-dollar note, $20.

rua tāra

1. (noun) two dollar coin, $2.

Heoi, kei reira tonu ngā tohu ki te hono o tēnei whenua ki Peretānia, pērā i te pane Kuīni kei runga i ngā tāra me ngā rua tāra (Te Ara 2013). / But there are still signs of this county's link with Britain, such as the Queen’s head on New Zealand dollar and two dollar coins.

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kotahi rau tāra

1. (loan) one hundred dollar note, $100.

tekau tāra

1. (loan) (noun) ten-dollar note, $10.

rima tāra

1. (loan) (noun) five-dollar note, $5.

rima tekau tāra

1. (loan) (noun) fifty-dollar note, $50.

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