whakahei ātanga Karauna
1. (loan) (noun) Crown grant.
Kua roa noa atu te Kōti e tuhi ana i te rangatiratanga o te whenua Māori, i te wā o ngā whakahei ātanga Karauna tuatahi, tae noa mai ki tēnei wā (RT 2013:108). / For a long time the Court has been recording the ownership of Māori land, from the time of the first Crown grant, right up until the present time.