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moni takoha

1. (loan) (noun) monetary contribution, duty, taxation.

Me whakaatu hoki ia he nui ngā moni a aua Pākehā i whakapaua hei whakaora i taua whenua a ngā Māori rā, he moni takoha ētahi, he moni kohikohi nā rātou ētahi o aua moni (TWMNT 9/1/1877:13). / He would further note that those Pākehā have gone to considerable expense in the shape of taxation and private subscriptions, in order to preserve that land.

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