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tiriti

1. (loan) (noun) street.

I taka tētahi tangata ki te moana i Kuīni Tiriti Wāpu, Ākarana, mate tonu atu (TP 1/1900:9). / A man fell into the sea from the Queen Street Wharf, in Auckland and died.

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tiriti

1. (loan) (noun) treaty.

Kīhai te Tiriti o Waitangi i hainatia e ētahi rangatira o Waikato me Ngāi Tūhoe. / Some chiefs of Waikato and Tūhoe did not sign the Treaty of Waitangi.

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Kuīni Tiriti

1. (loan) (location) Queen Street.

whakaaturanga tiriti

1. (noun) street performance.

Tiriti o Waitangi

1. (loan) (noun) Treaty of Waitangi.

He mea āta whakaaro rawa e ia tana whakatairanga i te whai manatanga o te Māori i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi, arā hoki tāna i tino kōkiri ai ko te whakaherenga o te Ture Penehīni o 1937 (TTR 1998:109). / He was also keen to promote Māori rights under the Treaty of Waitangi, this was especially so during talks on the Petroleum Act 1937.

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Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Te

1. Waitangi Tribunal.

Tari Whakatau Take e pā ana ki te Tiriti o Waitangi, Te

1. (loan) Office of Treaty Settlements.

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