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Mātenga, Te

1. (personal name) Samuel Marsden.

Kīhai e mōhiotia ana tōna rā whānau me ōna mātua, engari ki te kōrero a Te Mātenga, te minita whakahaere o New South Wales, e 22 tau pea tōna pakeke i te tau 1809 (TTR 2000:131). / His date of birth and his parents are not known, but according to Samuel Marsden, the minister from New South Wales, he was about 22 in 1809.

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Synonyms: Mātene, Te

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