hei aha (atu) [māu]
1. don't worry about it, don't let it bother you, you don't need, why should you care, mind your own business - an idiom indicating a lack of concern or relevance.
Kua pōuri au i ngā kōrero a Ani. Hei aha māu ngā kōrero a tēnā wahine weriweri. / I'm upset about what Ann said. Don't worry about what that horrible woman says.
Hei aha atu māu tā rātou e kī nei. / Don’t pay any attention to what they’re saying.
Hei aha atu mā rātou. / They shouldn't be worried about it.
See also hei aha (noa iho), hei aha atu, hei aha (atu) mā wai?
2. (noun) affairs, concerns, business.
Hei konei e hine, e tama rānei, e haere ana ahau ki ngā kaipakihi a te tāne (W 1971:89). / Farewell my (unborn) daughter or son, I'm off to do the business of men.
3. (noun) business.
Ātetehia ana a Mōnita e ngā pēke tauhokohoko o te rohe, e ngā kaipakihi, tae atu ki te Tari mō ngā Take Māori, engari nā tana kaha i whiwhi painga ai te hunga rawa kore (TTR 2000:54). / Mōnita was opposed by local trading banks and businesses and even the Department of Māori Affairs, but because of his tenacity the less well off benefited.
kia ahatia
1. what can be done, so what, what business is it of yours, what's it got to do with you, what does it matter, never mind - an idiom used to indicate a lack of interest by the speaker for the comments of another person because they are of little importance.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 115;)
I kī taurangi koe ka whakaaetia au kia haere ki te pikitia. Kia ahatia! Me noho koe ki te whakaoti i ō mahi mō te kura. / You promised that I would be allowed to go to the film. So what! You must stay and finish your homework.
Synonyms: hai aha!, hei aha koa, aua atu (rā)
2. (noun) business, enterprise, venture.
I te tau 1946 ka tīmataria e ia tana pakihi hī ika (TTR 2000:57). / In 1946 he started his fishing business.
2. (noun) pursuit, occupation, business, custom, career, profession, agency.
Nāna i whakaako te momo whakaakoranga ki ana ākonga mā reira nei rātou e āhei atu ai ki ngā umanga ngaio, me te tū hei kaiārahi mō te iwi Māori (TTR 1996:137). / He taught his pupils the type of course that would equip them for professional careers and as leaders for the Māori people.
Ko tētahi tikanga o tēnei kupu, he mahi; kei te whakataukī rā, 'Ko te umanga nui a neherā he whawhai.' (M 2006:164). / Other meanings of this word are pursuit, occupation, business and custom, as expressed in the proverbial saying, 'The important pursuit in ancient times was warfare.'
Synonyms: whakatāuteute, manapou, akoranga, mahi, whai, whaiwhai, aruaru, aru, whāinga
ahuwhenua
1. (verb) to be industrious, busy, conscientious, assiduous, active, diligent, energetic.
I kitea e tētahi tamaiti he kōhanga maina i runga i te rākau, kātahi ia ka ahuwhenua ki te tiki i taua kōhanga (TP 3/1901:7). / A boy saw a mynah’s nest in a tree, then he assiduously set about fetching that nest.
2. (modifier) cultivated, harvested.
Ka kaumātua haere au, ka huri ngā mahi ahuwhenua a ngā tāngata ki te moana, ki te hī ika hei hoko ki ngā Pākehā mai i Ākarana, ki te ngahere ki te mahi hōkeke hei hoko ki ngā tāngata Hainamana (TAH 58:9). / As I grew older the people turned to harvesting the sea, fishing and selling their catch to Pākehā from Auckland, to the forests to collecting ear fungus to sell to the Chinese.
3. (modifier) agricultural.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 101-113;)
Nō konei mātau i whakaaro ai, kīhei rawa i āwhiwhiwhi ngā mahi ahuwhenua o nāianei ki ngā mahi ahuwhenua o mua (PKH 18/5/1906:2). / Consequently, we think that agricultural tasks of today are nothing like those of the past.
4. (noun) agriculture, land development.
Ā muri ake nei au āta whakataki ai i ngā mahi whakatipu hipi a Ngāti Porou i rongo nui ai tēnei iwi, engari he kupu ruarua nei āku mō tēnei mea, mō te ahuwhenua (TTT 1/10/1930:2159). / Later I will speak in detail about sheep farming in Ngāti Porou, which this tribe is well-known for, but I have a few words now about agriculture.
5. (noun) land management trust - established under Te Ture Whenua Māori 1993.
kia ahatia ai [koe]
1. what business is it of yours, what's it got to do with you, why should it be my concern, so what, what do you want me to do about it - an idiom to indicate that the speaker has no interest in the matter being raised.
Rangi: Kei te mōhio au ki ngā whakautu tika ki te rārangi pātai nei. Pare: Kia ahatia ai koe? (HKK 1999:90). / Rangi: I know the right answers to this list of questions. Pare: So what do you want me to do about it?
toritori
1. (verb) (-a) to cut into pieces, separate.
Ka toritoria te tuna kātahi ka tunutunua (PK 2008:971). / The eel was cut into pieces and then roasted.
Synonyms: nahenahe, kōwaewae, kōwae, tokorau, māhiti, roherohe, tauwehe, tauārai, tohi, momotu, motu, motuhake, wae, wehewehe, wehe, whakatāuke, whakawehewehe, tiriwā, īheuheu, tīwae, tūhāhā, heu, ihi, tuakoi, wawae, whakawehe, kōwai, whakapirara, tāuke, tāwae, tāwaewae, totohi, tūtahi
2. (modifier) strenuous, energetic, busy, bustling, diligent, active.
He wahine toritori ia, ā, i rite tonu ki a ia ngā mahi katoa, arā, te ā kau, te kari wāra, te whakatika taiepa, te whatu me te tuimāwhai hoki (TTR 2000:30). / She was always busy, and could do all types of work such as driving cows, digging ditches and mending fences as well as knitting and crocheting.
2. (loan) (noun) vestryman - a person acting on church business.
kanohi kitea
1. (verb) to have a physical presence, be seen, represent.
Kāti rā, nō te tau 1926 i pōtitia ia ki te kaunihera ā-rohe o Te Wairoa, hei kanohi mō te takiwā o Waiau. I aua rā, kāore e kanohi kitea ana te Māori i ēnei momo rōpū (TTR 1998:12). / Well, in 1926 he was elected to the Wairoa County Council to represent the Waiau Riding. In those days Māori were not represented in these types of organisations.
2. (noun) seen face, physical presence - a term to express the importance of meeting people face to face, and to also be a face that is known to and seen within a community and at important gatherings, such as tangihanga.
He tamaiti pai, he kanohi kitea i ngā tangihanga me ngā huihui (EM 2002:60). / He was a good boy, a face seen at tangihanga and gatherings.
3. (noun) raid, incursion - applied to a chief who raids the lands of another tribe. His face is seen where he has no business to be, at least in arms.
wēteri
1. (loan) (noun) vestry - a room or building attached to a church for keeping westments in or a group of parishioners meeting for church business.
I whakauru atu ia ki roto ki te hīnota Māori o te Hāhi Mihinare, ā, atu i taua wā i tīmata ai tana mematanga wā-roa i runga i te wēteri o Paihia (TTR 1996:94). / He became involved in the Māori synod of the Anglican Church and from that time his long-term membership of the Paihia vestry began.
kura hourua
1. (noun) partnership school - a controversial way of delivering public education which brings together the education, business and community sectors to provide new opportunities for students to achieve education success. Partnership schools receive public funds on a per-pupil basis, like regular state schools, but have more independence in things like curriculum, operating hours, employment and leadership structure. Opponents see provision of education as the responsibility of government for the public good and not a commodity to be traded, with democratically elected Boards of Trustees who are accountable to the community. The involvement of third parties is seen to introduce unwelcome motives to the provision of education, often a profit motive. Fully qualified and registered teachers are seen to be essential. It is suggested that flexibility for alternative approaches has been possible under the existing legislation and that more could be made of this instead of introducing a new model for which the evidence of results is unclear.
E rima ngā kura hourua ka whakatūria i te tau 2014. / Five partnership schools will be established in 2014.
