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hākinakina

1. (verb) to play sport, enjoy oneself.

E Hoka, tukua iho tāua nei ki raro nei hākinakina ai (W 1971:32). / Hoka, let us down to play sport.

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2. (noun) sport, game.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 50-73;)

He wahine i ngākautia e ia te hākinakina, tū ana ia mō te tīma hōkī o Rotorua (TTR 1998:62). / A woman who loved sport, she represented Rotorua at hockey.

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hākinakina

1. (noun) recreation.

Ko te wāhi hākinakina tēnei. / This is the recreation area.

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kaiwhakamātau hākinakina

1. (noun) sports editor.

taputapu hākinakina

1. (noun) sports equipment.

Whakahokia ngā taputapu hākinakina ki te kāpata. / Return the sports equipment to the cupboard, please.

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hākinakina tauwhāinga

1. (noun) competition sport.

He hākinakina tauwhāina tēnei. / This is a competition sport.

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hākinakina whakataetae

1. (noun) competition sport.

He hākinakina whakataetae tēnei. / This is a competition sport.

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papa hākinakina

1. (noun) (sport) field.

taiwhanga hākinakina

1. (noun) stadium.

whare hākinakina

1. (noun) sports stadium, gymnasium.

Toru tekau miriona tāra te utu o te whare hākinakina hou (HKK 1999:44). / The price of the new stadium is thirty million dollars.

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kōrero hākinakina

1. (noun) sports commentary.

Kōmihana Hākinakina a Hillary

1. (loan) (noun) Hillary Commission for Sport, Fitness and Leisure.

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