…aru atu ana i muri i a rāua, ngā ruki nunui, me ngā ruketihi (MM.TKM 1/2/1855:19). / … following behind them were the grand dukes and duchesses.

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Ka tapaina e rātou he ingoa hou ki a ia, ko Te Ruki; e ai ki ngā kōrero he whakarite ki te toa o ngā toa o Ingarangi i tērā wā, ki te Tiuka o Wellington (TTR 1990:32). / They then named him ‘The Duke’; it was said that this name was given to liken him to England’s champion of the time, the Duke of Wellington.

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