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Way a New Zealander initially has with a few lines (6)

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I believe the answer is:

stanza

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'few lines' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'way a new zealander initially has' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'way' could be 'st' (abbreviation for street) and 'st' is present in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'with a' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for stanza that I've seen before include "Part of a poem" , "Lines often repeated" , "Lines of poetry forming a pattern" , "Section of poem" , "Poetic verse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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