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noho iho rā

1. goodbye (said to someone not leaving).

noho ake rā

1. goodbye (said to someone not leaving).

noho mai rā

1. goodbye (said to someone not leaving).

hei konei rā

1. goodbye (said to someone staying).

noho ora mai

1. stay well, goodbye - only said to someone staying.

See also mai

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Synonyms: tūria, hīkoi, haerenga, rerenga, whīkoi


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.

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Synonyms: kauneke, kaneke, whakaahu whakamua


7. (interjection) goodbye, farewell, go.

Haere! Haere! Haere! (RNZ 1981:28). / Farewell! Farewell! Farewell! (RNZ 1981:28)

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e noho rā

1. goodbye (said to someone staying), farewell, bye, bye-bye.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 12;)

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!

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hei konā rā

1. goodbye (said to someone staying).

hei konā

1. (interjection) goodbye (to someone remaining on the phone).

Hei konā, me aku mihi. Goodbye and thank you. /

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hei konei

1. (interjection) goodbye (to someone staying).

Hei konei, e taku kaiako. Goodbye, my teacher. /

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