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rīki

1. (loan) (noun) rugby league.

Nō tana hokinga mai ki Aotearoa i te tau 1937, ka whakauru ia ki te tīma o Manukau tākaro rīki ai (TTR 1998:121). / When he returned to New Zealand in 1937 he joined the Manukau team to play rugby league.

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2. (loan) (noun) league.

I a Rātana e noho ana i Pārihi, haere kē ana a Moko ki te ārahi i tētehi rōpū ki Hinīwa i runga i te tūmanako ka āhei rātau ki te whakatakoto i te petihana nei ki te aroaro o te Rīki o ngā Iwi o te Ao (TTR 1998:113). / While Rātana stayed in Paris, Moko went instead to lead a deputation to Geneva with the intention of presenting a petition to the League of Nations.

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