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rere

1. (verb) (-a) to fly, flow, flee, leap, escape, go into action (any gliding movement), rush, run, race, descend.

I te mea ka tae mai te ahi ki reira, kātahi te tangata nei ka rere ki roto i te taika wai rāua ko tētahi atu tangata, ka whakamākūtia hoki he paraikete mō rāua (TPH 10/1/1906). / When the fire reached that place then this man and another one fled into the tank of water and they doused blankets with water.

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Synonyms: tarapeke, tiapu, rei, mokohiti, mokopeke, mawhiti, mokowhiti, mahiti, peke, rēinga, tūpeke


2. (verb) (-a) to sail.

Kātahi ka haere ngā tāngata ki te moe, ka ora hoki te ngākau i te kohu kua mahea, e mahara ana ka rere pai tēnā tō rātou kaipuke ki te kāinga (TWMNT 10/3/1874:63). / Then the people went to sleep relieved that the fog had cleared and knowing that their ship could sail home.

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3. (verb) (-a) to descend, get down, slide into.

Nā, ka tae ia ki te wai, ka marere ōna kākahu, ka rere ki te wai (TP 1/1913:7). / Now, when she reached the water she took off her clothes and got into the water.

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4. (verb) (-a) to fly about.

Kaua e tahitahi maroketia te rūma o te tūroro, engari me tīehuehu ki te wai kia kore ai e rere te puehu (TTT 1/7/1922:11). / Do not sweep the invalid's room when it's dry, but you should splash it with water so that the dust will not fly about.

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5. (verb) to run out, let down (of a line).

Ka mounu anō ngā tāngata o runga i ngā waka rā i ā rātau matau; ka rere anō ngā aho ki te wai (JPS 1913:107). / The men on those canoes baited their fish hooks again and ran out the lines into the water again.

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6. (verb) rise or set (of stars, etc.).

I te mea ka mōhiotia ngō pō e puta ai a Whānui ka whakapaia ngā rua, ka rere a Whānui ka tīmata te hauhake i ngā kai (TWMNT 11/9/1872:110). / Because the nights when the star Vega appeared where known, the storage pits were prepared and when Vega rose the harvesting of the food began.

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7. (modifier) quickly, hurriedly, suddenly, completely, well and truly - used an adverb (i.e. to modify a verb) to indicate immediacy or to intensify.

Whiua reretia atu ana te pōro ki te paihau, kotahi atu ki te kokonga (HJ 2015:121). / The ball was passed quickly to the wing who headed straight for the corner.

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8. (noun) flight.

Pēnā tonu te rere a te kererū i te wā e mau ana tēnā kākano, ā, tata noa ki te horonga o tērā kākano, o te whanake (JPS 1895:132). / The flight of the New Zealand pigeon is like that during the time that the fruit lasts and until just before the seeds of the cabbage tree falls.

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9. (noun) attack, charge, rush.

Mehemea e kapi ana a waho o te ngutu, kōkiritia tonutia ki waenganui tonu o te matua, engari kia inaki tonu te rere o ngā toa hāpai rākau ki mua (JPS 1919:86). / If outside the entrance is closely guarded, attack right at the middle of the army, but rush as a tightly packed group of warriors with weapons raised in front.

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10. (noun) waterfall.

Ka kite ia i te rere, he nui te tiketike. Ka oho tōna mauri, e kore ia e eke ki runga (JPS 1905:200). / He found a waterfall, which was very high. He was startled, for he thought he would not be able to ascend it.

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rere

1. (interjection) heavens, heck - exclamation expressing surprise, etc. (Waikato dialect).

Ka kī atu a Pōtatau, "Rere, kua tō te rā." (Wh4 2004:10). / Pōtatau said, "Heck, the sun has set."

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manawa rere

1. (adjective) be impulsive, hasty, impetuous, headstrong.

Ko te mate o Hīnawa, he manawa rere. Totoko ake ana te whakaaro i a ia, whāia tonutia ake, kāore he tirotiro, he tawhitawhi (HJ 2017:68). / The problem with Hīnawa is that she's impulsive. As soon as an idea occurs to her, she pursues it without consideration or hesitation.

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2. (modifier) impulsive, hasty, impetuous, headstrong.

Kātahi a Tūhaere ka whakahē i te Kīngitanga, arā, he kaupapa manawa rere, kore kiko hoki (TTR 1990:365). / Tūhaere criticised the King movement as being an impulsive plan without substance.

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ine rere

1. (noun) speedometer.

mauri rere

1. (stative) be panic-stricken.

Ka mauri rere te wahine i te pōhēhē ko tāna tamāhine i mate i te aituā. / The woman was panic-stricken because she thought her daughter had died in the accident.

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Synonyms: maurirere, hopī, tūmekemeke


2. (modifier) panic-stricken.

Ka rongo te iwi mauri rere rā e pakū tonu ana ngā pū, whetē ana ngā karu tētahi ki tētahi, kāore i mōhio me oma rānei, me aha rānei (PK 2008:444). / When the panic-stricken tribe heard the guns going off continuously, they stared wide-eyed at one another, not knowing whether to run or what to do.

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mate rere

1. (noun) contagious disease - a disease transmitted by contact.

He mate rere te rewharewha. E rere ana te rewharewha o te tāne ki tana wahine; o te tamaiti ki tōna hoa; o tētahi o te whānau ki ētahi (TTT 73:649). / Influenza is a contagious disease. It moves from a man to his wife; from a child to her friend; from a family member to others.

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rere tārewa

1. (verb) to rush headlong.

Ka rere tārewa anō a Whakatau ki runga i a Tupakihimi rāua ko Paparakewa, tīhorea mai ana ngā matū o ngā tuarā (JPS 1895:169). / Whakatau rushed headlong on to Tupakihimi and Paparakewa, and tore the fat off their backs.

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2. (noun) rush.

Nō ngā tau i muri mai ka hoki ngā mahara o tana mātāmua, o Frank, ki ngā rere tārewa whakaekeke mō te kōura, nā reira raka i kume a Eruera rātau ko tōna whānau ki Te Tai Poutini (TTR 1994:21). / In later years his eldest son, Frank, recalled the goldrushes which took Edward and his family to the West Coast.

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rere tipua

1. (noun) pyroclastic flow.

Ko te rere tipua o te tahepuia, koirā te pahū ake o te tokarewa, ka hū ake he maramara toka, he pungarehu, he haurehu, he toka nui hoki (RP 2009:380). / The pyroclastic flow of lava is the eruption of magma and the ejection of pieces of rock, ash, gas and large rocks.

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rere whārōrō

1. (verb) to rush eagerly.

Nā tātou, nā ngā Pākehā ngā hē, rere whārōrō tonu te Māori ki runga— - tē āta kimi mārire koe i te tika, i te hē (TWMNT 31/1/1872:37). / The mistakes are by us, the Pākehā, and the Māori rush eagerly into them without carefully discriminating between right and wrong.

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katiaho rere

1. (noun) by-the-wind sailer, Velella velella - similar to Portuguese man-of-war, but smaller. Has an oblong membranous raft, set with a diagonal sail, and a mass of blue polyps crowded on the under side.

tunga rere

1. (noun) huhu beetle, Prionoplus reticularis - Aotearoa/New Zealand's largest beetle. Found in forests.

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 27;)

epa rere

1. (noun) fast bowl (sport).

Tītī rere pō

1. The tītī that flys by night; a person that travels at night.

Kātahi anō ka tau mai te tītī rere pō / the night traveller has arrived.

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Tahā wai rere

1. A leaky vessel: something or someone who has become useless.

Whāia kē ko tērā kaua ko tērā he tahā wai rere noa iho / Follow that person not that one they're useless.

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one-rere

1. (noun) free draining soil.

rere ana te [whakamīharo]

1. an idiom used to show that one is overwhelmed or filled with a particular emotion, which is the subject of the expression.

I te ata o te Rātapu nāku i kawe ngā Māori ki te whare karakia o Hana Pāora, rere ana te whakamīharo ki te nui o te pai, ki te tiketike o tērā tū whare (TKM.MM 30/8/1863:3). / I took the Māori to St. Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday morning, they marvelled at the magnificence and height of the building.

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rere o te toto

1. (noun) blood circulation, blood pressure, flow of blood.

He pai te kiri o te māhuri hei kati i te rere o te toto (Te Ara 2013). / The bark of the young tree was used to stop wounds bleeding.

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pūtahi

1. (verb) (-ngia) to join, meet.

Ka tono a Te Rangimōwaho ki a Ngāti Koura, i runga i te kaupapa kia pūtahi rātau ki te pakanga ki te hoariri (TTR 1990:237). / Te Rangimōwaho made a request to Ngāti Koura that they join to fight the enemy.

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See also waero pūtahi

Synonyms: karahui, whakatūtataki, hui, tūtaki, tūtataki, whakatūtaki, huihui, tūtakitaki, honohono, tūhono, tūhonohono, hono, kuhukuhu, porotūtaki, porotūtataki, uhono, whakakapiti, tāpiri, whakauru, pāhekoheko, hiki, tūhoto, uru, whakamoemoe, whakatapoko, haumi


2. (noun) confluence, intersection.


3. (noun) meeting place, centre.

Ko tōna pūtahi i te awa o Tauranga (M 2005:134). / Its meeting place was the Tauranga river.

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Synonyms: tūtakitanga, kāpunipunitanga


4. (noun) long clouds, stratus - cloud forming a continuous horizontal grey sheet.

Ātaahua ana ngā pūtahi i ngā kaokao o te pae maunga (PK 2008:727). / The stratus clouds on the flanks of the mountain range are quite beautiful.

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5. (noun) centre of the star-like pattern for mū tōrere.

rukaruka

1. (modifier) utterly, totally, completely, absolutely - an intensifier that follows words describing abandonment and loss, e.g. whakarere, rere and mahue.

Tuturu tonu te kī kotahi rau o ngā tāngata o Ngāti Tūwharetoa kua whakarere rukaruka i te kai tupeka, ahakoa tō rātou hōhonutanga ki taua kai i mua ai— (TWMNT 21/9/1875:214). / The account is confirmed that one hundred members of Ngāti Tūwharetoa have totally abandoned the use of tobacco, although previously wedded to smoking.

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Synonyms: ehara ehara, , anō, moruka, te mutunga (kē) mai (nei) o te ..., mārika, tahi, mōrukaruka, mārire, pohapoha, puru, piropiro, hāwerewere, mārie

Ngāi Tai

1. (personal noun) tribal group in the area around Tōrere and also at Clevedon near Auckland.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)

E kī ana a Te Tūtere, kei te whakaae a Ngāi Tai o Tōrere ki tā Hēnare Ruru, engari i kī a Te Wētini Taku o Ngāi Tai, i titoa te waiata nei e taua wahine ki Tōrere (M 2006:108). / Te Tūtere said that Ngāi Tai of Tōrere agrees with Hēnare Ruru, but Te Wētini Taku of Ngāi Tai claims that this song was composed by that woman at Tōrere.

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