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haki

1. (loan) (noun) flag, ensign.

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 65-70;)

Kātahi ka puta mai a Tawa me tana ope taua o Te Arawa anō i te 7 o Pēpuere, ka turakina te haki mā, te tohu o te rangaawatea (TTR 1990:221). / Then Gilbert Mair and his Te Arawa troops appeared on 7 February and tore down the white flag, the symbol of a truce.

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Haki

1. (loan) (personal name) Jack, Jackie.

Synonyms: Tieki, Tiaki

haki

1. (loan) (noun) hockey.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 52;)

Ka mutu te tākaro haki, kua tīmata te raumati, kua whakatū tīma kirikiti mātau (HP 1991:171). / When we stopped playing hockey, summer had started and we set up a cricket team.

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haki

1. (loan) (noun) cheque.

E toru tekau pāuna ngā moni o taua haki; he mea tuhituhi nā tētahi Pākehā, ko Hakipe te ingoa (TW 20/10/1877:415). / That cheque was to the value of thirty pounds, and had been written by a Pākehā by the name of Saxby.

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haki

1. (noun) mountain holly, Māori holly, Olearia ilicifolia - a shrub with long, pointed, stiff, leathery leaves and wavy, sharply toothed edges, hence the English names. During spring the bush is covered in clusters of white daisies. Found from East Cape to Stewart Island.

haki

1. (interjection) how horrible, how disgusting - an exclamation of disgust often followed by .

Haki rā, te kino o tērā kōtiro (W 1971:31). / How disgusting, that girl's terrible.

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haki

1. (verb) (-na) to cast away, throw away - probably a shortened form of kāhaki.

Hakina atu ō pūeru taretare - kua haere tāua ki te hoko kākahu hou mōu (PK 2008:67). / Throw away your shabby garments - you and I are off to buy new clothes for you.

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haki kairota

1. (noun) linesman's flag.

He karaka te tae o te haki kairota. / The linesmans flag is orange.

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pūtea haki

1. (noun) cheque account.

haki koko

1. (loan) (noun) corner flag.

Hāki Pei

1. (loan) (location) Hawke's Bay.

Ko te kura tuatahi i haere ai au, ko Nūhaka kei Hāki Pei (HP 1991:32). / The first school that I went to was Nūhaka in Hawke's Bay.

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pou haki

1. (loan) (noun) flagpole.

Kāore i roa i muri mai ka tae mai ngā hōia, ka whakaaratia anō e rātau taua pou haki, ka kaha atu hoki te mahinga i tō mua hanganga, arā, ka hangaia ki te maitai (TPH 30/6/1903:4). / Not long after that the soldiers arrived, that flag pole was re-erected and it was built stronger that that of before, that is it was built of steel.

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haki-harataua

1. (noun) the twelth lunar month.

utu ā-haki

1. (loan) (verb) pay by cheque.


2. (loan) (noun) cheque payment.

Pere, Wiremu (Wī)

1. (personal name) (1837-1915) Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata; runholder who entered Parliament in 1884 and took a strong stand for Māori land rights.

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