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Noema

1. (loan) (personal noun) November.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 47;)

I te 9 o ngā rā o Noema nei 1874, ka tū he hui a Te Make, he kaihoko whenua mō te Kāwanatanga ki Ōhinemuri, he tono ki ngā Māori, arā, ki a Ngāti Tamaterā, kia hōmai ngā whenua o taua iwi hei utu mō ā rātou raihana kai, kākahu, waipiro hoki pea (TW 12/2/1875:11). / On the 9th of November 1874, a meeting was held by Mr Mackay, land purchaser for the Government at Ōhinemuri, asking the Māori of Ngāti Tamaterā to give their lands as payment for their food rations, clothing and possibly also for intoxicating drinks.

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Synonyms: Maramamātahi, Whiringa-ā-rangi, Whitiānaunau

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