2. (verb) (-tia) to entertain, give hospitality.
Ahakoa i tau te waewae ki hea, i whiua te kupu ki hea, i taurimatia, i whakarangatiratia, i whakawāteatia mai te huarahi kia whai ai a Tīmoti i tāna i pīrangi ai (HM 3/1990:1). / No matter where he went or where he spoke, he was entertained, respected and avenues were cleared so that Tīmoti was able to do whatever he fancied.
See also hui taurima
3. (modifier) adopted, fostered.
Ka kōkiritia te pā o Te Wharepōuri, i Tauwharerata, i te taha o Kaiwaewae, ka whakarauoratia tana wahine, a Te Uamairangi, me tā rāua tamāhine taurima, a Te Kakapi Wharawhara-i-te-rangi me ētahi atu – 25 ngā mea i mau herehere (TTR 1990:91). / The pā of Te Wharepōuri at Tauwhare-rata near Featherston was attacked, and his wife, Te Uamairangi, and their adopted daughter, Te Kakapi Wharawhara-i-te-rangi and 25 others were captured.
4. (modifier) entertaining, festival.
Ka tae te tono a tētehi rōpū kaipakihi o Poihākena ki a Mākareti kia tahuri ki te whakahaere i tētehi kapa haka hei whakaatu haere i Poihākena anō; kia mutu tērā, ka rere ki Ingarangi ki te whakauru atu ki ngā mahi taurima e whakanui ana i te Emepaea (TTR 1996:122). / Makereti was asked by a syndicate of Sydney businessmen to manage a Māori concert party tour to Sydney and then sail to England to take part in the Festival of Empire celebrations.
5. (noun) foster child, hospitality.
Kia tika rā te taurima i te manuhiri kei kōrerotia tātau (PK 2008:896). / Treat the guest with care lest we be talked about.
harakoakoa
1. (verb) to be happy, pleased, delighted, thrilled, glad.
Nā te mea ko te nuinga o ngā tāngata i whakanōhia ki runga i aua whenua, me ētehi anō o ngā mēnetia, he hōia mai nō te pakanga, i tino harakoakoa ai a Te Reiwhati (TTR 1996:271). / Te Reiwhati was particularly pleased that the majority of the settlers and some of the managers were returned soldiers.
Synonyms: matakuikui, manawa reka, uruhau, āhuareka, harikoa, waingōhia, pārekareka
2. (modifier) enjoyable, pleasurable, delightful.
He pōrearea nō te autaia nei i ngā mahi harakoakoa a Wī Whitu, i kangaia e Wī Whitu te tangata nei (TTR 2000:247). / This person was abused by Wī Whitu because this fellow disturbed Wi Whitu's festivities.
Synonyms: rēhia, whakarekareka
3. (noun) joy, pleasure, happiness, enjoyment, festivity.
Ahakoa pā iho te aha ki a Rēweti, pā iho anō hoki ki a Keita, arā, te pāpouri, te harakoakoa, tae atu ki ngā piki me ngā heke o ōna rā (TTR 1996:69). / No matter what affected Rēweti, it also affected Keita, that is the sorrows and joys, and the triumphs and setbacks.
Synonyms: harakoa, pārekareka, rekareka, rēhia, tūrangahakoa, koanga, manamanahau, manahau, koa, whāwhāpū, hari, harikoa, hurō, whakamanamana, takaahuareka, koakoa
taiopenga
1. (noun) festival, carnival.
Nā te mea he tohunga a Ngoi ki te whakatau i ngā whakataetae kapa haka, he karanga tonu te mahi i a ia hai whakarite i ngā whakataetae i konei i Aotearoa me Ahitereiria, tae atu ki ngā hui taiopenga pēnei i te whakataetae mahi Māori a Tamararo, ia tau tū ai i Tūranga, me te taiopenga toi o ngā iwi o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa, nō muri rā i karangatia ai ko te taiopenga mahi Māori o Aotearoa (TTR 2000:149). / Because Ngoi was an expert at adjudicating kapa haka competitions, she was frequently called upon to judge both in New Zealand and Australia, including at festivals such as the Tamararo cultural competition, held annually in Gisborne, and the New Zealand Polynesian Festival, later called the Aotearoa Māori Performing Arts Festival.
Kapenga
1. (noun) Passover, the Jewish festival which commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage.
Nō te tau 1888 ka whakatapua ko te Hātarei te rā Hāpati me Te Tekau-mā-rua o ngā rā o ia marama, hei whakamaharatanga mō Te Kapenga i a rātau ko ngā whakarau i tau mai ki Whareongaonga (TTR 1990:221). / In 1888 Saturday was sanctified as the Sabbath along with the twelfth of each month to commemorate the Passover when the captives landed at Whareongaonga.
