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wāriu kāwanatanga

1. (loan) (noun) government valuation.

Riro atu ana i taua waka taua 1348 eka whenua, te wāriu kāwanatanga o tēnei wā mō taua whenua £6,333 (TTT 1/11/1922:1). / That juggernaut (war canoe) is taking 1348 acres of land, for which the current government valuation is £6,333.

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