1. (loan) (noun) marae committee, village committee - committees established under the Māori Councils Act 1900.
I te marama o Hūrae i te tau 1921, ka whakatūria ia hai tiamana mō te komiti marae o Ōtenuku, ā, mau tonu ia ki taua tūranga tae noa ki te tau 1925 (TTR 1998:193). / In July 1921 he became chairman of the Ōtenuku marae committee, and he held that position until 1925.
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