Tokotoru ngā tamariki a Mere i ētehi atu i mua i tō rāua moenga (TTR 1998:2). / Mere had three children by others before their marriage.

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Ko ia nei te mea pakeke o ngā tamāhine a Charles Eustace Kerr, kua whakatā mai nei ia i te mahi pāmu i mua ake (TTR 2000:24). / She was the eldest daughter of Charles Eustace Kerr, who had retired from farming.

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I whara te himu o Tohu i ngā tau i mua atu i tōna matenga i Parihaka, i te 4 o Pēpuere 1907 (TTR 1994:184). / Tohu's hip-bone was injured in the years before his death at Parihaka on 4 February 1907.

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I te tau 1886, e ai tā te kōrero, i mua tata atu o te pakarutanga o Tarawera, ka kitea he waka taua e hoe ana i roto o Tarawera Moana, e hautū ana ngā kaihautū, e ngū ana ngā kaihoe (TP 1/1/1901:7). / According to accounts, in 1886, just before the Tarawera eruption, a war canoe was seen paddling on Lake Tarawera. The leaders were calling the timing and the paddlers were silent.

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I mua tata tonu atu i tōna matenga, whakatuwheratia ana e te Kāwana Tianara te whare nui o Tūmatauenga i Ōtīria (TTR 1998:154). / Shortly before his death, the Tūmatauenga meeting house at Ōtīria was opened by the Governor General.

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You should clean up your own marae before commenting about someone elses. /

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