2. (loan) (noun) signing, signature.
Ahakoa kei te kauwhau a Rātana kia kotahi te iwi Māori, nō te taenga atu o tana kaiwhakahaere ki te hui a Ngāi Tahu i Tuahiwi kite ana ia kāore i kotahi te whakaaro mō te haina i te kawenata (TTT 1/2/1925 1991:186). / Despite Rātana's preaching that the Māori people be united, when his organiser arrived at the gathering of Ngāi Tahu at Tuahiwi he saw that there was no unity concerning the signing of the covenant.
Synonyms: hainatanga
Haina
1. (loan) (location) China - a country in eastern Asia.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 155; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 16-18, 26, 35, 44-45, 53, 60-61, 71-72, 78-79, 93-94;)
Ahakoa te minamina o ngā iwi nunui ki tōna whenua, kāore a Haina e rarua, kei te toitū tonu tōna whenua (TP 5/1908:1). / Although the great nations desire his country, China is not troubled, its land is still undisturbed.
