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kaihoko waka whai raihana

1. (loan) (noun) licensed motor vehicle dealer.

raihana

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to license.

Te mīhini tuatahi kua oti i te kāwanatanga ko te whare hoko waipiro, nā te kāwanatanga i raihana (TP 10/1899:12). / The first machine made by the government is the house selling alcohol, which the Government licensed.

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2. (loan) (modifier) licensed.

I kī ētahi he whenua raihana a Taranaki, ā, e nui ana te kai i te waipiro (TP 2/1901:2). / Some said that Taranaki was a licensed area and there was much drinking of alcohol there.

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3. (loan) (noun) licence.

Mā te raihana ka whakaaetia te tangata ki te pupuhi rakiraki. / With a licence a person is permitted to shoot ducks.

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Synonyms: whakaaetanga, pukapuka raiheni

poropeihana

1. (loan) (noun) prohibition.

I raro i te ture poropeihana, ka āhei kia whiua te Pākehā e hoatu ana, e hoko atu ana rānei, i te waipiro ki te Māori i taua takiwā (TKO 15/5/1917:7). / Under the prohibition law Pākehā can be punished for supplying or selling alcohol to Māori in that region.

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Synonyms: tapu, rāhui


2. (loan) (noun) Licensing Option.

...ā ina pea ko te iwi Pākehā o taua tāone kei roto o ngā rouru mō te poropeihana nā reira rātou i mana ai ki te tūraki waipiro… (TP 6/1905:4). / ...and it’s probably because the Pākehā people of that town on the rolls for the Licensing Option that brings about the suppression of alcohol…

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