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ā-rohe

1. (modifier) local, regional.

Riro ana nā Ānaru rātau ko Te Reiwhati Vercoe, ko Mana Pere te mahi ki te whakatūtū haere mai i ngā kaunihera ā-rohe mō ngā rōpū whakahaere ā-iwi (NTR 2000:1). / It was Ānaru, Te Reiwhati Vercoe and Norman Perry who set up the district councils of tribal executives.

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mana ā-rohe

1. (noun) local authority.

ture ā-rohe

1. (noun) by-law.

tōrangapū ā-rohe

1. (noun) local body politics.

I te rau tau 1900 ka rongohia te awe o ngā rangatira o Rangitāne i ngā take tōrangapū ā-rohe, ā-motu hoki (Te Ara 2013). / In the 20th century Rangitāne leaders were involved in local and national politics.

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kāwanatanga ā-rohe

1. (loan) (noun) regional government.

mana ā-rohe

1. (noun) local authority.

kaunihera ā-rohe

1. (loan) (noun) regional council, district council.

He mea whakatū anō hoki a ia hei tumuaki mō te pekanga ki Pōneke o te Rōpū Wāhine Toko i te Ora, ā, hei tumuaki tuarua, kaitiaki pūtea atu hoki mō te kaunihera ā-rohe o te rōpū nei ki Pōneke (TTR 2000:253). / She was also appointed as president of the Wellington branch of the Māori Women’s Welfare League, and vice president and treasurer of the Wellington district council.

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rangatōpū ā-rohe

1. (noun) local body, local authority.

Arā atu anō ngā rangatōpū ā-rohe i pōtitia atu ia ki runga: ko te poari hōhipera o Te Wairoa, ko te poari hiko me te poari wahapū (TTR 1998:12). / There were other local bodies that he was also elected to: the Wairoa Hospital Board, the Electric-power Board and the Harbour Board.

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Synonyms: mana ā-rohe

Kōti ā-Rohe

1. (loan) District Court.

Pōti ā-rohe

1. (noun) Electoral vote.

whare whakawā ā-rohe

1. (noun) district court, district courthouse.

He mea tika kia tū he whare whakawā ā-rohe ki konei. / It is proper to erect a district courthouse here.

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kura tuarua ā-rohe

1. (noun) district high school.

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