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taru kikino

1. (noun) pest plants, noxious weeds.

Mehemea ka kore tētahi tangata e patu i ngā taru kikino o tēnei whenua, e āhei ana te Kaunihera ki te whakapau moni hei patu i aua taru, ā ki te tono ki taua tangata kia utua aua moni, ā ki te hāmene mehemea ka kore e utua (TPH 31/12/1903:2). / If a person will not kill the noxious weeds of this land, the Council is able to spend money to kill those weeds and to request that person pay that money, and to summons him if it is not paid.

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