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te pai kē!

1. that's excellent! great! fantastic!.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 196;)

anō te pai!

1. (interjection) that's excellent! great! fantastic!.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 196;)

he inati te [pai]

1. exceptionally [good] - used to acknowledge an exceptional amount of any quality, both good and bad.

Na, ko ngā kōrero ēnā a ngā mōrehu o Mōhaka. He inati tō rātou toa (TWM 22/4/1969:4). / Those were the accounts of the survivors of Mōhaka. Their bravery was extraordinary.

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kia pai te rā

1. (interjection) have a good day.

Kia pai te rā, kia tika hoki ngā whanonga. Have a good day and behave. /

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ka mau te pai

1. (interjection) that's excellent, great, fantastic.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 196;)

tino kino te pai

1. quite the best, too much, that's great - an idiomatic expression.

kātahi anō te [tangata] [pai]

1. what a great person - used to express appreciation of any quality.

Kātahi anō te reihi pai rawa i tūria ki Ākarana, ko te reihi o te tau 1859. I taka ki te Hatarei te 29 o ngā rā o Hānuere, arā, te rā i nohoia mataatia ai a Ākarana e te Pākehā (MM.TKM 15/2/1859:1). / The Regatta of 1859 was one of the very best that ever look place in Auckland. It fell on Saturday, the 29th of January in consequence of the day on which Auckland was first settled by Europeans.

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te hia pai mai hoki o te tangata rā

1. they have the nerve.

I tahuri mai a Pita ki te tohutohu mai i a mātou mō ngā tikanga i runga i te marae. Te hia pai mai hoki o te tangata rā! Ehara oti ia i konei. / Pita started to advise us in relation to the customs on the marae. They have the nerve! He’s not bloody from here.

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Pihi ake te whakaaro pai hauhake tonu iho

1. A good thought requires immediate action.

When a good idea arises harvest it immediately. /

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Rau, Kereopa Te

1. (personal name) (?-1872) Ngāti Rangiwewehi; warrior and Pai Mārire leader who was hanged for his part in killing Volkner as revenge for the massacre at Rangiaowhia by government forces.

Pai Mārire

1. (personal noun) Christian faith developed by Te Ua Haumēne in Taranaki which is still practised by some, including Waikato Māori.

Nō te tau 1864, ka ūwhia te īngoa o Tāwhiao ki runga ki a ia e Te Ua Haumēne, te poropiti o Pai Mārire (TTR 1994:131). / In 1864 Te Ua Haumene, the Pai Mārire prophet, bestowed on him the name Tāwhiao.

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Tawa

1. (personal name) Gilbert Mair (1843-1923) - Pākehā soldier and public servant who could speak Māori. Took part in many campaigns between 1867 and 1872 leading Te Arawa soldiers against Pai Marire followers, Waikato iwi and Te Kooti.

Kātahi ka puta mai a Tawa me tana ope taua o Te Arawa anō i te 7 o Pēpuere, ka turakina te haki mā, te tohu o te rangaawatea (TTR 1990:221). / Then Gilbert Mair and his Te Arawa troops appeared on 7 February and tore down the white flag, the symbol of a truce.

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Ua Haumēne, Te

1. (personal name) (?-1866) Ngāti Ruanui; Taranaki religious leader, warrior and prophet who led the Hauhau and established the Pai Mārire faith.

Hauhau

1. (noun) a movement founded in Taranaki in 1862 by Te Ua Haumēne in response to Pākehā confiscation of Māori land and led to the establishment of the Pai Mārire Christian faith.

I ngā rā o te whawhai Hauhau i te tau 1865 i tautoko tētahi rangatira mana nui i te taha Kāwanatanga (TTT 1/3/1929:953). / In the days of the Hauhau war in 1865 a chief of great prestige supported the Government side.

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