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Marēhia

1. (loan) (location) Malaysia - a country in South-east Asia.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 155;)

Hore kau ana i oti i a ia tana tuhinga whakapae, ka whakaae kē nei ia ki te tono mai a te Pirimia, a Waata Naahi i Hepetema o te tau 1958, kia haere ia ki te Kotahitanga o Mareia – ā taihoa ake ko Marēhia te ingoa – hei māngai kāwanatanga mō Aotearoa (TTR 2000:20). / His thesis was not completed. Instead in September 1958 he agreed to the request of the Prime Minister, Walter Nash to go as New Zealand high commissioner to the Federation of Malaya – eventually known as Malaysia.

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Synonyms: Mareihia, Mareia

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