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kāreti

1. (loan) (noun) carrot.

Me whakatupu te oati, te pī, te pīni, te mango-wātera, te kāreti, te kōrau. / Sow oats, peas, beans, mangold-wurtzel, carrots and turnips.

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2. (loan) (noun) cartridge.

kāreti

1. (loan) (noun) carriage.

I eke ia ki runga i tētahi o ngā kāreti o te tereina ki Te Whana-nui-a-Tara. / She boarded one the carriages of the train to Wellington.

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kāreti

1. (loan) (noun) college.

Nō te tau 1873, ka tae mai awau ki tēnei kura, ki te Kāreti o Te Aute (TW 20/7/1878:365). / In 1873 I arrived at this school, Te Aute College.

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Kōtarani Kāreti

1. (loan) (noun) Scots College.

Heoi, kei te haere au ki te Kōtarani Kāreti kei Pōneke ā te tau 1920 (HP 1991:40). / And so I am going to Scots College in Wellington in 1920.

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Nōki Kāreti

1. (loan) (location) Knox College.

Kāore hoki au i uru ki roto i Nōki Kāreti noho ai i tēnei tau, he tōmuri nō te tononga atu (HP 199148): / I did not enter Knox College to live this year because I was too late in applying.

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kāreti takiura

1. (noun) college of education, teachers' college.

He kite nōna i te hiranga nei o te whiwhi whakaakoranga o te tamariki te take i haere nei ia ki te kāreti takiura o Ākarana i ngā tau 1942 me 1943 (TTR 2000:249). / Because he perceived the importance of education to young people, in 1942 and 1943 he attended Auckland Training College.

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