2. (loan) (modifier) licensed.
I kī ētahi he whenua raihana a Taranaki, ā, e nui ana te kai i te waipiro (TP 2/1901:2). / Some said that Taranaki was a licensed area and there was much drinking of alcohol there.
3. (loan) (noun) licence.
Mā te raihana ka whakaaetia te tangata ki te pupuhi rakiraki. / With a licence a person is permitted to shoot ducks.
Synonyms: whakaaetanga, pukapuka raiheni
raihana
1. (loan) (noun) ration, goods on credit.
I te 9, o ngā rā o Noema nei 1874, ka tū he hui a Te Make, he kaihoko whenua mō te Kāwanatanga ki Ōhinemuri, he tono ki ngā Māori, arā, ki a Ngāti Tamaterā, kia hōmai ngā whenua o taua iwi hei utu mō ā rātou raihana, kai, kākahu, waipiro hoki pea (TW 12/2/1875:11). / On the 9th of November 1874, a meeting was held by Mr Mackay, land purchaser for the Government at Ōhinemuri, asking the Māori of Ngāti Tamaterā to give their lands as payment for their rations, food, clothing and probably intoxicating drinks also.
