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Examples
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To my mind, the art of sniffing is a cultural treasure -- a 'taonga', as the Maoris would say. "
Public Address David Haywood from Christchurch 2010
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There are over 1000 taonga Maori's treasures in here.
Archive 2009-05-01 Jerine 2009
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This is similar to the “taonga” retained by the Maori under the Treaty of Waitangi: they came into the deal retaining their “treasures.”
Honour Killings Shock “Almost” Every Community « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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These taonga are the ancestral representations of all the major tribes of Aotearoa.
Would you rather die or go to the museum? Jerine 2009
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There are over 1000 taonga Maori's treasures in here.
Would you rather die or go to the museum? Jerine 2009
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These taonga are the ancestral representations of all the major tribes of Aotearoa.
Archive 2009-05-01 Jerine 2009
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These newspapers illustrate the high degree of Mäori confidence in printing their own language and are invaluable historical and cultural taonga.
Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885
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Rangitane o Wairarapa Maori tribal chief executive Jason Kerehi said the tribe's elders saw the white chick as a "tohu," or sign of new beginnings, and a "taonga," or treasure.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Moana Maniapoto says she was able to pick up another taonga for her trouble.
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On Thursday night Webb's auction house in Auckland sold off more than $750,000 worth of taonga, many of which had been returned to New Zealand from the Zanesville Museum in the
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