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mai anō

1. (particle) since way back, from long ago.

Ki tōna whakaaro, mai anō i ngā tau o te pakanga, ka tae mai ki te tau 1918, i tāmia ai te motu e te mate rewharewha, kātahi anō te taonga i tipu ake i Aotearoa, he mea waihanga mai e ngā tāngata o Aotearoa mō ngā tāngata katoa o tēnei motu (TTR 1998:1). / In his opinion, since the years of the war until the 1918 influenza epidemic, finally there was was something original from New Zealand, something by New Zealanders for New Zealanders.

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