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mahinga ika

1. (noun) fishing grounds.

Kua whakaae te Karauna ki te mana o Te Arawa ki ngā mahinga ika a ngā tīpuna mai rā anō (TTT 1/4/1922:15). / The Crown has agreed that Te Arawa has mana over their traditional fishing grounds.

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