whenua Karauna
1. (loan) (noun) Crown land.
Nā te kore mōhio o Te Awa-i-taia mēnā ka taea e te kāwanatanga te kī taurangi he hōia hei tuarā mōna, ka hangā e rātou ko tōna iwi te rori ki runga whenua Karauna i Whāingaroa (TTR 1990:174). / Te Awa-i-taia did not know if he could get a guarantee of armed support from the government, he and his people began construction of the road on Crown land at Whāingaroa.