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tekiona

1. (loan) (noun) section - used for both a section of land or a section of an Act.

I te 14 o Ākuhata, 1851, ka tukua taua tekiona e te tangata whakahaere o te Niu Tīrani Kamupene, hei wāhi tūnga whare karakia, kura hoki (TWMNT 8/9/1874:225). / On 14 August, 1851, that section was gifted by the manager of the New Zealand Company as a site for a church and school.

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Synonyms: tūāporo, kaupeka, tekihana, wāhi, wāhanga, wehenga, whiti, taha, pīhi, tūtanga, rārangi

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