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whakamahara

1. (verb) (-tia) to remind, remember, recall, recollect, reminisce.

I mua i te haerenga atu o te Piriniha i Niu Tīreni nei, ka tukua mai e ia ki a Tā Timi Kara tētahi tokotoko hei whakamahara mō tō rāua tūtakinga i Rotorua (TKO 30/6/1920:9). / Before the Prince's departure from New Zealand he sent a walking stick to Sir James Carroll as a memento of their meeting at Rotorua.

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Synonyms: maumahara, whakamaumahara, mahara, manatu


2. (modifier) commemorative, dedicatory, memorial.

I a au i te takiwā o Ngāti Porou e haere ana, ka rongo au kei te kohia he moni hei whakatū i tētahi kōwhatu whakamahara ki a Eruera Kāwhia (HKW 1/8/1900:2). / While I was travelling in the territory of Ngāti Porou I heard that money was being collected to erect a commemorative stone to Eruera Kāwhia.

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Synonyms: maumaharatanga, whakamaumahara, whakamaharatanga, whakamaumaharatanga


3. (noun) reminder, memento, souvenir, keepsake, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence.

Tino hinapōuri rawa atu ia i tēnei, ā, hoki atu, hoki atu tana whakamahara i te kāwanatanga ki tā rātou takohanga (TTR 1994:36). / He was extremely disappointed with this and repeatedly reminded the government of their obligation.

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Synonyms: whakamaumahara, manatu, mahara, pūmaharatanga, hokinga mahara, maumaharatanga, oha, owha, manatunga, whakaturi

puapua whakamahara

1. (noun) wreath.

Ko te hui whakamutunga, hui iwi whānui ake a Te Heke-rangatira-ki-Nukutaurua Boyd, he whakatakoto i tētahi puapua whakamahara nei i Pōneke i te wā tōmuri ake o te tau 1958, tōmua kē ake rānei o te tau 1959 (TTR 2000:27). / Te Heke-rangatira-ki-Nukutaurua Boyd made her last public appearance when a wreath was laid in Wellington in late 1958 or early 1959.

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kupu whakamahara

1. (noun) record, memoir, chronicle.

Rā Whakamahara ki ngā Hōia o Ahitereiria me Aotearoa

1. (loan) Anzac Day - a day (25 April) to commemorate those who have served in the New Zealand and Australian armed forces.

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