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raihana

1. (loan) (verb) (-tia) to license.

Te mīhini tuatahi kua oti i te kāwanatanga ko te whare hoko waipiro, nā te kāwanatanga i raihana (TP 10/1899:12). / The first machine made by the government is the house selling alcohol, which the Government licensed.

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2. (loan) (modifier) licensed.

I kī ētahi he whenua raihana a Taranaki, ā, e nui ana te kai i te waipiro (TP 2/1901:2). / Some said that Taranaki was a licensed area and there was much drinking of alcohol there.

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3. (loan) (noun) licence.

Mā te raihana ka whakaaetia te tangata ki te pupuhi rakiraki. / With a licence a person is permitted to shoot ducks.

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Synonyms: whakaaetanga, pukapuka raiheni

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