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hikirangi

1. (verb) to be unsettled, uneasy, restive.

I tēnei wā kei te āwangawanga tonu, kei te hikirangi tonu ngā whakaaro o ngā miriona e tau nei i te ao i raro i te maru o Ingarangi ki te āhua o tō rātou ariki. I pau te kaha o ngā rata o te Kuīni (ētahi o ngā tino rata o Ingarangi ), nōwhea e taea te mate kaumātua; e kore e taea te whakahoki ki tōna taitamāhinetanga (HKW 1/2/1901:9). / At this time millions of people who are under the mantle of England are quite concerned and unsettled about the condition of their leader. The Queen's doctors (some of the best doctors in England) have tried their utmost, but there is no way of combating the problem of old age; they will never be able to return her to being a young woman.

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