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mirione

1. (loan) (noun) million.

Ko ēnei whenua, tērā e nuku atu i te rua miriona me te hawhe (eka,) toru mirione rānei, kei raro i ngā iwi e whā, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Whanganui, me Te Arawa (TPH 26/11/1905:3). / These lands, which are more than two and a half million or three million acres, are under the control of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Whanganui and Te Arawa

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