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kore utu

1. (modifier) without fee, free, non-payment.

Ia tau hoki tukua ake ai e te Tari Taiwhenua ētehi raihana kore utu hei tuku atu ki ngā tāngata nā te poari kaitiaki i whakaingoa (TTR 1998:198). / And a number of free licences would be granted each year by the Department of Internal Affairs to people nominated by the trust board.

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2. (noun) without fee, non-payment.

Tokorima ngā tāngata i mau ki te herehere i te tau 1905 mō tā rātou kore utu i te tāke (TTR 1994:95). / In 1905 five men were imprisoned for their non-payment of the tax.

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