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perehi

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to press, publish, print.

He mea tuku ki te pāremata o te tau 1877, ā he mea kī kia perehitia (TW 22/6/1878:314). / Released to the 1877 parliament with instructions to be printed.

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Synonyms: kāone, whakakawenata, hāraunga, , mātātuhi, pānui, paki, whakaputa, whakaputaputa, nonoi, romi, kuene, ao pāpāho, kāuto, whakakuene


2. (loan) (noun) printing press, press, newspaper.

He perehi tēnei mō te motu katoa, mō ngā tāngata Māori, kua huaina tōna ingoa ko 'Te Wananga' o ngā iwi katoa ināianei (TW 5/8/1874:1). / This is a press for the whole country, for all Māori people, which has been called 'Te Wananga' of all the tribes now.

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Synonyms: nūpepa, pukapuka, pepa, niupepa

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