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Wiremu

1. (loan) (personal name) Williams.

Ko ia te mātāmua a Te Aitū-o-te-rangi, wahine rangatira o Te Wairarapa, rāua ko tana tāne ko John Milsome Jury, te kāmura a Te Wiremu te mihinare (TTR 1990:21). / He is the eldest son of Te Aitū-o-te-rangi, chieftainess of Te Wairarapa, and her husband, John Milsome Jury, carpenter to the missionary William Williams.

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2. (loan) (personal name) William.

Ko tēnei kōrero, he mea tuku e Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikāheke, e whakaatu ana i te whāinga o tētahi whare Māori hou, he mea whakairo ko Te Muriwai te ingoa, i Ōhiwa, me te auē hoki mō Ema Āporo, te hoa wahine o Āporo Te Tipitipi (TW 12/2/1875:1). / The following account is sent to us from William Marsh Te Rangikāheke, describing the opening ceremony of a new Māori carved house called Muriwai at Ōhiwa, and also the lament for Ema Āporo the wife of Āporo Te Tipitipi.

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