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"text": "Nō te hokinga ki Ingarangi ka kite ia i te hē; kua aro atu te whakaaro o tōna teina, o Hoani, ki a Piripi o Parani kia whakataka i a Rīhari ki raro.",
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"whakataka, Corokia macrocarpa (a shrub or tree to 6 m tall with stout branches and dark, rough bark. Leaves are leathery and shiny on top with white tomentum underneath. Petals are bright yellow and drupes yellow, dark red to black.)"
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