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wāwāhinga

1. (noun) breach.

Nō te tau 1924 ka tau atu a ia ki reira ki te whakatakoto i te petihana a te iwi Māori mō ngā wāwāhinga ture Tiriti o Waitangi (Te Ara 2015). / He landed there in 1924 to present the petition of the Māori people protesting breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi.

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2. (noun) change (money), division, breaking down, decomposition.

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