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kāwanatanga

1. (loan) (noun) government, dominion, rule, authority, governorship, province.

Ka mea a Te Wōkera, he tini ngā pukapuka kua tae mai, he tini anō hoki ngā whakaaro tangotango i ngā tikanga o taua ture whakawā whenua Māori, kua tae mai ki te kāwanatanga (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Vogel said that much documentation had arrived and that many submissions on the provisions of that Māori Land Court law had also reached the government.

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Synonyms: porowini, tikanga, tino rangatiratanga, ture, rūri

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