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whare miraka

1. (loan) (noun) milking shed, cowshed.

Whakawhiwhia ana a Maata ki tētahi pūtea tārewa nei a te Tari Māori i te tau 1941, arā, hei hanga whare miraka hou, hei hoko mīhini mai hoki mō roto (TTR 2000:29). / In 1941 Martha received a loan from the Native Department to build a new milking shed and to buy the machines for it.

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