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pūnaha parakaingaki

1. (noun) sewage system.

i whakatakotoria atu e rātau ko ētehi atu o ngā rangatira o Ngāti Pikiao tētehi kerēme ki te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi, e tono ana kia whakakorehia te kaupapa, e mea ana ki te whakatakoto i tētehi paipa hei mau atu i ngā parapara katoa – he mea whaipai ake – i te pūnaha parakaingaki o Rotorua, ka tuku atu ai ki te awa o Kaituna (TTR 2000:21). / He and other prominent members of Ngāti Pikiao laid a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal, asking for the prohibition of the scheme for a pipeline to carry the whole of the treated effluent from Rotorua city’s sewerage system into the Kaituna River.

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