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Tō, Te

1. (location) western headland of Freeman's Bay (Auckland).

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 107;)

Nā tētahi tangata Māori, i te koraha i pahaki atu o te Te Tō, tētahi rūri takai, kua riro mai ki te whare tā o 'Te Karere Maori' i taua tangata, ā, ka riro atu ki te tangata nāna taua mea, ua utua te kaikawe mai (TKM 12/4/1849:1). / Found by a Māori man in the vacant area beyond Freeman’s Bay, a tape measure, which he has given to the printing house of 'Te Karere Maori', where the owner may have it by paying expenses to the person who brought it in.

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