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hāhi

1. (loan) (noun) church, sect, religion.

Koia nei ngā take o taua hīnota, he whakapuaki i ngā mahi o te hāhi (TW 20/7/1878:366). / These were the reasons for the synod, to discuss the activities of the church.

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Hāhi Ringatū

1. (loan) (noun) Ringatū Church, Ringatū faith - a Māori Christian religious faith founded by Te Kooti in the 1860s with significant numbers of adherents amongst the Bay of Plenty and East Coast iwi.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 229-234; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 5;)

Ahakoa kāore anō ia kia takatū noa, i riro nāna tonu ia i ako ki ngā tikanga o te Hāhi, taringa whakarongo noa ai ki tana pāpā, haere rānei ki ngā rā i ngā wāhi e kaha ana te mau o te whakapono o te Hāhi Ringatū (TTR 1998:26). / Although he was unprepared, he taught himself the practices of the Church by just listening to his father or by attending the church days at the places where the Ringatū Church was strong.

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hāhi tūrangahapa

1. (noun) Protestant Church.

Ko te āhua piri o Te Atua Wera ki te Kāhi Katorika e rite ana te kaha ki tana whakaparahako i ngā hāhi tūrangahapa (TTR 1990:100). / Te Atua Wera's somewhat close association with the Catholic Church was in keeping with the strength of his disdain of the Protestant (secessional) Churches.

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Hāhi Mihingare

1. (loan) Church of England, Anglican Church.

Ka pātai mai ki a au, 'Ko ēhea hāhi?' Ka whakautu atu au, 'Ko te Hāhi Weteriana, ko te Hāhi Mihingare, ko te Hāhi Perehipitiriana, ko te Hāhi Whakaminenga, ko te Hāhi o Te Karaiti.' (HP 1991:316-317) / He asked me, 'Which churches?' I replied, 'The Methodist Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterian Church, the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ.'

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Hāhi Perehipitiriana

1. (loan) Presbyterian Church, Church of Scotland.

Ka pātai mai ki a au, 'Ko ēhea hāhi?' Ka whakautu atu au, 'Ko te Hāhi Weteriana, ko te Hāhi Mihingare, ko te Hāhi Perehipitiriana, ko te Hāhi Whakaminenga, ko te Hāhi o Te Karaiti.' (HP 1991:316-317) / He asked me, 'Which churches?' I replied, 'The Methodist Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterian Church, the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ.'

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Hāhi Whakaminenga

1. (loan) Congregational Church.

Ka pātai mai ki a au, 'Ko ēhea hāhi?' Ka whakautu atu au, 'Ko te Hāhi Weteriana, ko te Hāhi Mihingare, ko te Hāhi Perehipitiriana, ko te Hāhi Whakaminenga, ko te Hāhi o Te Karaiti.' (HP 1991:316-317) / He asked me, 'Which churches?' I replied, 'The Methodist Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterian Church, the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ.'

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Hāhi Katorika

1. (loan) Roman Catholic Church.

Ahakoa a Te Hāpuku kāore i whakaae ki te kaupapa Karaitiana, i tukuna e ia tana iwi, me ana tamariki tonu, kia whakauru atu. Inā hoki kua kite kē ia e whai take tonu ana ngā mihingare o te Hāhi Mihingare me te Hāhi Katorika (TTR 1990:178). / Although Te Hāpuku did not agree with Christianity, he allowed his people and his own children to join because he had seen that the missionaries of the Anglican and Catholic churches were useful.

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Hāhi Mōmona

1. (loan) (noun) Mormon Church, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Nā tētahi o ngā pakeke o Ngāti Rākaipākā, nō te Hāhi o te Hunga Tapu o Ngā Rā o Muri nei, arā, te Hāhi Mōmona, i tuku tētahi pānga whenua hai whakatū i a Kahungunu ki runga (HP 1991:80). / One of the elders of Ngāti Rākaipākā belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, that is the Mormon Church, ceded a piece of land on which to erect Kahungunu.

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Hāhi Weteriana

1. (loan) Methodist Church, Wesleyan Church.

Ka pātai mai ki a au, 'Ko ēhea hāhi?' Ka whakautu atu au, 'Ko te Hāhi Weteriana, ko te Hāhi Mihingare, ko te Hāhi Perehipitiriana, ko te Hāhi Whakaminenga, ko te Hāhi o Te Karaiti.' (HP 1991:316-317). / He asked me, 'Which churches?' I replied, 'The Methodist Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterian Church, the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ.'

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Rōpū Hāhi Mihinare

1. (noun) Church Missionary Society.

I te tau 1840, i te marama o Hānuere, ka haere rāua ko Te Korohiko ki Pēwhairangi i te taha o Te Karu Whā, o te Rōpū Hāhi Mihinare, ki ngā hui whakawhitiwhiti kōrero mō te Tiriti o Waitangi (TTR 1990:187). / In January 1840, he and Te Korohiko travelled to the Bay of Islands with Henry Williams of the Church Missionary Society to the gathering discussing the Treaty of Waitangi.

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Hāhi o Te Karaiti

1. (loan) (noun) Church of Christ.

Ka pātai mai ki a au, 'Ko ēhea hāhi?' Ka whakautu atu au, 'Ko te Hāhi Weteriana, ko te Hāhi Mihingare, ko te Hāhi Perehipitiriana, ko te Hāhi Whakaminenga, ko te Hāhi o Te Karaiti.' (HP 1991:316-317) / He asked me, 'Which churches?' I replied, 'The Methodist Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterian Church, the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ.'

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Whakawhanaunga o Ngā Hāhi, Te

1. (noun) Council of Churches.

Hāhi o Ihu Karaiti o Ngā Hunga Tapu o Ngā Rā o Muri Nei

1. (loan) (noun) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

He tūpuna rongonui ngā tūpuna o Tūati, ā, i mua i tana whānautanga i poropititia, māna e ora mai ai ōna tūpuna; taihoa kitea ai ko te mahi iriiri a te Hāhi o Ihu Karaiti mō te Hunga Tapu o ngā Rā o Muri Nei, arā, a te Hāhi Mōmona i te hunga kua mate kē noa atu te tikanga o te kōrero nei (TTR 1998:110). / Stuart's ancestors were distinguished and before he as born it was prophesied that he would save his ancestors; this was later seen as a prediction of the practice of baptism of the dead by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that is the Mormon Church

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