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kāwana

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to govern.

Nō te mea i hokona aua whenua i ngā rā o Kāwana Kerei e kāwana ana (TW 9/10/1875:274). / Because those lands had been bought in the time that Governor Grey held the position of governor.

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2. (loan) (noun) governor, ruler.

Kua tae te kōrero o te Kāwanatanga o Ingarangi ki a Kāwana Hākarihi Rōpihana, te Kāwana o Niu Haute Wēra, kia haere ai ia ki Whītī, ki reira kōrero ai, me te ako i ngā tikanga o te whakaaro o te Kāwanatanga (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Governor Zachary Robinson, the governor of New South Wales received instructions from the English government that he should go to Fiji, to discuss matters there and learn the nature of the government’s thoughts.

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3. (loan) (personal name) Governor.

Kua tae te kōrero o te Kāwanatanga o Ingarangi ki a Kāwana Hākarihi Rōpihana, te Kāwana o Niu Haute Wēra (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Governor Zachary Robinson, the governor of New South Wales received instructions from the English government.

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