haere
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to go, depart, travel, walk, continue, come (when followed by mai).
Ka mutu tēnei ka haere atu rātau ki te pāra ki te haina i ō rātau ingoa ki te pukapuka a te wahine a te Kāwana (TPH 7/6/1898:6). / When this ended they went to the parlour to sign the book of the Governor's wife.
Ka haerehia e te wīra o muri a runga o taku waewae katau (HP 1991:22). / The back wheel ran over my right leg.
See also haere mai!
2. (modifier) becoming, getting - indicates gradual change or progressive increase in a state when following a verb.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 100;)
Kua piki haere te utu o ngā kai. / The price of food has slowly risen.
Kei konā tonu ōna punua hapa engari e pakari haere ana (HM 4/1998). / There are still some minor errors but she's gradually becoming proficient.
3. (modifier) along, while moving – when used following another verb it indicates action being done while moving.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 28-29;)
Ka kite au i te tohorā e pupuha haere ana. / I saw the southern right whale spouting as it went.
4. (modifier) to go - used following hiahia and pīrangi as a shortened form for hiahia ki te haere 'to want to go'.
Ka kōrero atu au ki aku rangatira o te puni, kua mate taku pāpā, ā, kei te hiahia haere tonu au i taua wā, i taua rangi. / I told my superiors of the camp that my father had died and that I wanted to go right then, that day.
See also hiahia haere
5. (noun) journey, trip, travel.
Ko te take o taua haere, he whakahau tonu ki ērā iwi kia mau tonu ki te whakapono (TWMNT 17/7/1872:94). / The purpose of that trip was to urge those peoples to continue to hold on to the faith.
6. (noun) progress.
Ki tā rātau titiro kai te pai te haere o ngā mahi o te kura (EM 2002:24). / From their observations the work of the school was progressing well.
Synonyms: kauneke, kaneke, whakaahu whakamua
7. (interjection) goodbye, farewell, go.
Haere! Haere! Haere! (RNZ 1981:28). / Farewell! Farewell! Farewell! (RNZ 1981:28)
Haere
1. (personal name) personified form of the rainbow - one of a number of names, this one from Tūhoe.
Tokotoru ngā Haere he tuakana teina katoa, ko Haere-kohiko, ko Haere-waewae, ko Haere-atautu (PK 2008:62). / There are three Haere, all brothers, Haere-kohiko, Haere-waewae and Haere-atautu.
See also Kahukura, Uenuku, Tūāwhiorangi
hiahia haere
1. (verb) to want to go - a phrase used with hiahia and pīrangi as a shortened form for hiahia ki te haere.
Ko te wāhi tino hiahia haere atu ai ahau, ko te teihana tereina, ki te mātakitaki i ngā tereina e haere mai ana, e haere atu ana. / The place that I really wanted to go to was the train station to watch the trains coming and going.
heke haere
1. diminish, decrease, lessen, reduce, decline.
Āpiti atu ki tēnei e kore rawa e whai wāhi ki te kura i a ia anō, te tukunga iho ka heke haere tōna pai mō te mahi minita (TKO 30/4/1920:11). / Added to this is that he will never be able to educate himself, with the result that his value as a clergyman will diminish.
Synonyms: whakaiti, whakamauru, tāmōmō, tāharahara, māwhe, rūnā, whakaheke, whakamimiti
tipi haere
1. (verb) to roam about, call in at places.
I hoki mai hoki ia ki Te Ika-a-Māui i muri i te Kirihimete, ka mahue atu au nei ki Ōtautahi tipi haere ai (HKW 1/3/1901:8). / He returned to the North Island after Christmas, leaving me in Christchurch to travel about.
Synonyms: tipitipi, tipitipi haere, paoke, whakatīhohe
haere rā
1. (interjection) goodbye (said to someone leaving), farewell! bye, bye-bye.
Takoto mai, e koro, kia tangihia koe e ō iwi. Auē! Ka mau te punga here o te waka nei. Ka ngaro koe, te kaihautū, te kākākura o roto i te pōkai, te puhi o Aotearoa, te kura whakahirahira o Te Waipounamu, te mauri o te whenua, te mauri o te tangata, haere! Haere rā! (TP 7/1906:9) / Lie in state, sir, to be wept over by your people. Oh, dear! The anchor of this canoe is taken. You are gone, the fugleman, the leader of the flock, the adored one of the North Island, the important treasure of the South Island, the life force of the land and the people. Depart! Farewell!
tunga haere
1. (noun) huhu grub, Prionoplus reticularis - a grub found in decaying wood.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 27;)
See also tunga, tunga rākau
Synonyms: tunga, tunga rākau, tunga rere, pepe te muimui
iti haere
1. (verb) to diminish, dwindle, shrink.
Erangi, ahakoa e iti haere ana te rahi me te awe o te Kīngitanga, he nui ngā āhuatanga e whakaatu mai ana kua huri haere kē tōna āhua ki tērā o te rōpū ōkawa (TTR 1996:84). / But although the size and influence of the King Movement was shrinking, in many ways it was showing that it was changing to a more formal group.
tipitipi haere
1. (verb) to roam about, call in at places.
Kei runga tata ake ngā wakarere nei, e tipitipi haere ana (TWK 8:38). / These aircraft were just above roaming about.
Synonyms: tipitipi, tipi haere, paoke, whakatīhohe
haere poka noa
1. (verb) to trespass.
I taua hui anō, ka whakaarahia ake e Te Paraihe te patunga i tētehi Pākehā i haere poka noa ki ngā whenua o te Kīngitanga i te tau 1880 (TTR 1994:121). / While at that gathering, Mr Bryce raised the issue of the killing of a Pākehā who had trespassed onto the lands of the King movement in 1880.
