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hīra

1. (loan) (noun) seal.

Ka tukua he pepa me te hīra a te Kīngitanga e mau nei ngā kōrero a Korokī. I roto i tēnei pepa e takoto ana te koropiko tuatahi a te Kīngi Māori ki te Karauna o Peretānia, i runga i te kupu oati (TTR 1998:90). / A paper, with Korokī's message attached and with the seal of the King Movement, was sent. In this document, for the first time, the Māori King swore allegiance to the British Crown.

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