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Arekahānara

1. (loan) (location) Alexandra - a place in Waikato now known as Pirongia.

I nuku atu ia ki runga iti atu o Arekahānara mahi haere ai, mō te painga o te iwi (TW 31/8/1878:10/438). / He shifted to a place a little south of Alexandra to go about his work for the benefit of the people.

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2. (loan) (personal name) Alexander.

Ā ko ngā tamariki o taua kura i tae ki te 280, i aua tau, ā i akona mātou i raro i te akoranga a Te Rore, a Te Arekahānara Rīra (TW 31/8/1878:9/437). / At the time there were 280 scholars at that school, and we were taught by the Rev. Laway and Rev. Alexander Read.

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