pai mutunga
1. great, wonderful, marvellous - an idiom used to express how outstandingly good something is.
Synonyms: ka kino te haere, kātuarehe, mīharo, māharo, whakaharahara
mutunga kore
1. (modifier) endless, eternal, perpetual, infinite.
Ahakoa nā ngā whakatupuranga o mua i heke haere ai te rahi o ōna whenua i te mahi hokohoko me ngā rīhi mutunga kore, ko Hapi tonu te tino rangatira whai whenua i Waiwhetū tae noa pea ki te tau 1942 (TTR 1996:74). / Although the family estate had been reduced by previous generations through sales and perpetual leases, Hapi was the largest landowner at Waiwhetū perhaps until 1942.
te mutunga iho
1. at the end of the day, in the end.
Otirā ko te mutunga iho, nā tana whakaaro he kore take noa tērā tohu, i kore ai ia i whakaoti i tana tītohu hoahoanga (TTR 2000:192). / But in the end, because he thought that that qualification was worthless, he did not complete his architecture diploma.
te mutunga (kē) mai (nei) o te ...
1. the ultimate in, absolutely, the epitome of, the best, the worst - an idiom used to exclaim about the quality of something or someone, both good and bad.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 147;)
Ko te mutunga mai o te riko o tēnei rūma. / This room is filthy.
Kei reira ētahi whakaahua te mutunga kē mai nei o te ātaahua (HM 3/1998:7). / At that place there were some photographs that were extremely beautiful.
Taringa morimori? Āe, te mutunga kē mai! / Stubborn? Yes, with a vengeance!
Synonyms: ehara ehara, pū, anō, moruka, mārika, tahi, mōrukaruka, mārire, pohapoha, puru, piropiro, hāwerewere, rukaruka, mārie
Rangi Hīroa, Te
1. (personal name) Sir Peter Henry Buck (1877?-1951) Ngāti Mutunga; doctor, military leader, administrator, politician, anthropologist, researcher and Bishop Museum director (Honolulu). First Māori to graduate from the University of Otago and first Māori doctor to graduate from a New Zealand university.
Pōmare, Māui Wiremu Piti Naera
1. (personal name) (1875/76?-1930) Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Toa; leader, medical officer, health reformer and politician, he graduated MD in 1899. He held the Western Māori seat from 1911 until his death.
Ko Māui Wiremu Piti Naera Pōmare tētehi o te whakatupuranga o ngā kaingārahu Māori i kuraina i te Kāreti o Te Aute i te tekau tau atu i 1890 (TTR 1996:137). / Māui Wiremu Piti Naera Pōmare was one of the generation of Māori leaders educated at Te Aute College in the 1890s.
