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Rīmene

1. (loan) (personal name) Johann Riemenschneider - a Lutheran minister who arrived at Warea, Taranaki in 1846.

I te tau 1843 ka tīmata mai ngā mahi poropiti o Parihaka. I tupu mai i roto i ngā whakaakoranga a Rīmene, he mihinare nō Tiamana (TP 3/1910:5). / In 1843 the prophetic activities of Parihaka began. It developed from the teachings of Riemenschneider, a missionary from Germany.

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Rīmene

1. (loan) (personal name) Riemenschneider.

I te mea ka rua tekau ngā tau o Te Whiti, ka uru ia hei whakaakoranga mā Rīmene (TP 12/1907:8). / When he was twenty years old, Te Whiti enrolled as a pupil of Riemenschneider.

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