1. (loan) (noun) flour.
I te wā i whānau ai a Maata, he kawe puehu parāoa, hua atu hoki te mahi a tana pāpā, atu i Whakatāne ki Ākarana, mā runga i te kaipuke o tōna iwi, ko te 'Ira' te ingoa (TTR 1996:230). / At the time Maata was born her father was engaged in transporting flour and produce from Whakatāne to Auckland on his people's ship, the 'Ira'.
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