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Matutaera

1. (loan) (personal name) Methuselah (a biblical name) - one of the names of King Tāwhiao, which was bestowed on him when he became a Christian.

Kua rongo katoa tātou ki ngā hōiho, ki ngā kau, ki ngā taonga i murua i ngā Pākehā e noho ana i Waikato, i murua hētia e ai ko te kupu a Matutaera rātou ko tōna rūnanga (TPM 2/2/1863:3). / We have all heard of the horses, cows and possessions that were plundered when the Pākehā were living in Waikato, plundered illegally according to what Matutaera and his council say.

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