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Nerehana

1. (loan) (location) Nelson.

I ētahi rā ka puta mai te kupu ki a Kānara Piti o Nerehana, koia hoki tō mātou kānara ake, tērā ka tae mai ngā hōiho (TJ 1/3/1898:2). / One day, Colonel Pitt of Nelson, our own colonel, received word that the horses would be arriving.

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2. (loan) (personal name) Nelson.

Tēnā tētehi ope i hoki mai i Taupō, tokoono, ko Nerehana Te Amotahi... (TW 28/8/1875:11/179). / Returning from Taupō was a group of six including Nelson Te Amotahi...

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