kaunihera

1. (loan) (noun) council.

Kāore ia i tono mai ki te Kaunihera kia whakaae atu kia wetekia katoatia ngā here e tau nei ki ngā whenua Māori (TPH 26/11/1905:2). / He did not ask the Council to agree to all the restrictions on Māori land being released.

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tāke kaunihera

1. (loan) (noun) rates - a local taxation assessed on the value of a property.

Synonyms: reti, rēti

kaunihera wawao

1. (loan) (noun) defence counsel.

Ko te tohe ake nei a te kaunihera wawao, nā tana maurirere i pērā ai ia, ehara kē i te mea i te hiahia ia kia whara i a ia te patunga rā (TTR 2000:224). / The argument of the defence counsel was that he had panicked and had not intended to harm the victim.

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Kaunihera Ture

1. (noun) Legislative Council.

I Maehe o te tau 1936, ka whakatūria a Rangi hei mema mō te Kaunihera Ture, he utu rā tēnei ka roa kē nei ia e taituarā ana i te Rōpū Reipa (TTR 1998:108). / In March 1936 Rangi was appointed to the Legislative Council, recognition for his long-standing support of the Labour Party.

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Synonyms: Rūnanga Ariki, Rūnanga Kaunihera, Whare o Runga

kaunihera Māori

1. (loan) (noun) Māori council - established under the Māori Councils Act 1900.

Kaunihera Whiriwhiri

1. (loan) Executive Council.

Piriwi Kaunihera

1. (loan) Privy Council.

Synonyms: Rūnanga Ruānuku o te Kuīni

Kaunihera Māori o Aotearoa

1. (loan) National Māori Council.

kaunihera-ā-rohe

1. (loan) (noun) district council.

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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