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koroneihana

1. (loan) (noun) coronation.

Ko ngā hōia e karangatia hei tiaki i te Kīngi i te wā o te koroneihana e 60,000 (TP 3/1911:2). / There will be 60,000 soldiers called upon to guard the king at the time of the coronation.

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2. (loan) (noun) Coronation - the name of the year's biggest gathering of followers of the Kīngitanga, celebrating the anniversary of the anointing of the King or Queen.

I tētehi o ngā hui koroneihana tuatahi i Waahi – i konei katoa ngā koroneihana i te wā i a Korokī – ka rere te kupu a Haunui Tāwhiao kia matangaro a Korokī i te marae (TTR 1998:86-87). / At one of the first coronation hui at Waahi, an annual event throughout Koroki's reign, Haunui Tāwhiao advocated that Korokī should be absent from the marae.

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