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kātahi anō te [tangata] [pai]

1. what a great person - used to express appreciation of any quality.

Kātahi anō te reihi pai rawa i tūria ki Ākarana, ko te reihi o te tau 1859. I taka ki te Hatarei te 29 o ngā rā o Hānuere, arā, te rā i nohoia mataatia ai a Ākarana e te Pākehā (MM.TKM 15/2/1859:1). / The Regatta of 1859 was one of the very best that ever look place in Auckland. It fell on Saturday, the 29th of January in consequence of the day on which Auckland was first settled by Europeans.

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