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kaiwhakamahereora hinengaro

1. (noun) mental health counsellor, mental health practitioner.

manauhea

1. (verb) to be weak, in ill health, reluctant.

Heoi anō pea te rere kē matua ko te kore i manauhea o ō nahe kaitito ki te kōpaki i te whakaaro ki te kupu e titi ai taua whakaaro rā ki te hinengaro o te kaiwhakaoko (Kāretu 2009:2). / However perhaps the main difference is that the composers of antiquity were not reluctant to encapsulate their thoughts with words that would penetrate the listener's mind.

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Synonyms: korongatā, parahako, whakatohetohe, manawa pā, korou kore, whakatenetene, whakauaua, whakatōngā, whakawhēuaua, horokukū, whakakumu, kōroiroi


2. (modifier) reluctant.

I a Pita Moko e tiki ana i ngā pukapuka uruwhenua i te kāwanatanga manauhea, i Maunga Taranaki me Parihaka kē a Rātana me tōna whānau e torotoro haere ana i te 18 o Maehe 1924 (TTR 1996:153). / While Pita Moko was obtaining passports from a reluctant government, on 18 March 1924 Rātana and his family were visiting Mt Taranaki and Parihaka.

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3. (noun) ill health, poor health.

Nā te manauhea o Kaihau i te Hepetema o 1911 ka tukua ia kia tū wātea i te Pāremata mō ngā rā 14 (TTR 1994:37). / Because of ill health, in September 1911 Kaihau was granted 14 days' leave of absence from Parliament.

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oranga taihema

1. (noun) (sexual & reproductive health) family planning.

haere tū atu, hoki tū mai

1. go well and return in good health, have a safe trip - an idiom farewelling visitors and hoping that they will return in good health.

Mā te Atua koutou hei manaaki. Haere tū atu, hoki tū mai (HKKT 2011:10). / May God protect you all. Have a safe trip.

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hē te manawa

1. (stative) be out of breath, out of heart, failing health, in difficulty, in trouble.

I ōna tekau tau whakamutunga, kua hē te manawa; kua mōhio e kore e eke i te Pāremata tētahi kaupapa hei whakatutuki i ana tūmanako mō Ngāi Tahu (TTR 1994:104). / In the final decade of his life, in failing health, he knew he would not achieve success in parliament with his hopes for Ngāi Tahu.

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Synonyms: tūngāngā, hēmanawa, pau [te] hau, pukā, ngaengae, naenae

Manatū Hauora

1. (noun) Ministry of Health.

oranga

1. (noun) survivor, food, livelihood, welfare, health, living.

Nā, i mua ake rā he oranga nui e puta ana mai ki te tangata i te kiri rāpeti (TP 1/12/1900:5). / Now, there used to be a good living for a person from rabbit skins.

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Synonyms: noho, tauoranga, kaiao, mataora

Poari Hauora ā Rohe o Tai Poutini, Te

1. (loan) West Coast District Health Board.

tūhauora

1. (verb) to be in good health.

Ko tana tino hiahia, ki tāna kōrero ki a Te Herewini, kia noho te Māori me te Pākehā i runga i te rangimārie, kia tūhauora, kia noho hoki i runga i te whakaaro pai (TTR 1990:304). / He told Bishop Selwyn he wanted Māori and Pākehā to live in peace, good health and goodwill.

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waiora

1. (noun) health, soundness.

Mō ngā 15 tau i muri mai i manahau tonu tōna kōkā, a Riperata, ki te puri i ō rātau toenga whenua, me te whakakaha anō i te waiora me ngā tikanga noho a te iwi (TTR 1996:18). / Over the next 15 years her mother, Riperata, was active in retaining her people's remaining lands and in reviving tribal life.

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whakaora

1. (verb) (-tia,-hia,-ngia) to save, rescue, resuscitate, revive, restore to health, cure, heal, remedy.

Ehara pea ko te pāpaku o te reo o te hunga nei te raru nui, engari ko te kore kē e hōhonu o te ruruku ki te kimi rongoā hei whakaora i ōna ngoikoretanga (HM 4/2008:5). / It's probably not the superficiality of the language of this group that's the big problem, but the lack of depth in the commitment to search for a remedy to overcome its shortcomings.

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Synonyms: rongoā, rauora, whakaputa i te ihu, whakahaumanu, haumanu, whakamātūtū, whakarauora, whakaoranga, ora, whakahauora, oraora, karokaro, karo, whakaoraora, penapena


2. (modifier) healing, curing.

Atu i te tekau tau i 1930 i tīmata ai te hau o te rongo o Tūtekohi Rangi hai tohunga whakaora tūroro (TTR 1998:148). / From the 1930s Tūtekohi Rangi establish a reputation as a tohunga healing sick people.

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3. (noun) healing, rescue, revival, cure, recovery, resuscitation, restoration, redress.

Ka ngangautia e ia kia ngāwari, kia pakupaku, ka āta whakapiritia ki te mamae, hāware katoa atu nō te mea he pai tonu hoki te hāware mō te whakaora (HP 1991:23). / She chewed it until it was soft and small and carefully applied it to the sore part. It had saliva throughout because saliva is quite good for healing.

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Synonyms: whakaoranga, puretumu, whakahou, whakahounga

Kaunihera Rangahau Hauora o Aotearoa, Te

1. (loan) Health Research Council of New Zealand.

Poari Hauora-ā-rohe ki Ōtāgo

1. (loan) Otago District Health Board.

Toka Tumai, Te

1. (noun) Auckland District Health Board.

hanga mate

1. (stative) be sickly.


2. (noun) ill health.

Ka mauria anō ia ki te whare herehere mō te marama kotahi, ahakoa tana pakeke me tana hanga mate (TTR 1990:357). / He was taken to prison for one month, despite his age and ill health.

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Rōpū Whakatairanga Hauora, Te

1. (loan) Health Sponsorship Council.

haumanu

1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to revive, restore to health, rejuvenate.

Ka tata tōku whaea te hemo, ka tae mai te rata ki te haumanu i a ia. / When my mother was near dead, the doctor arrived to revive her.

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Synonyms: whakamarohi, whakahaumanu, whakamātūtū, whakaora, ora, whakahauora, oraora


2. (modifier) therapeutic.

Hangaia ana e ia he whare haumanu ki te taha anō o te toa, kia tarea e ngā tākuta me ngā nēhi o te kaupapa whakaora a Tākuta G. M. Smith o Te Hokianga, ngā tūroro nei te tirotiro (TTR 2000:39). / She built a clinic alongside the store, where patients could be seen by doctors and nurses as part of Doctor G.M. Smith's Hokianga health service (DNZB 2000:113).

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3. (noun) therapy.

Ahakoa ngā tohutohu a ngā tākuta, kore rawa ia i whakaae kia tangohia tōna ū, ēngari anō te poka mai i te puku me te haumanu iraruke (TTR 2000:125). / Despite the advice of the doctors she refused to have her breast removed, but agreed to the operation on the tumour and radiotherapy.

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hauora

1. (stative) be fit, well, healthy, vigorous, in good spirits.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 121-138;)

Mehemea e hauora ana tō tātou whakapono, kua iti haere ngā mahi hē i roto i a tātou (TP 1/5/1900:11). / If our faith is healthy, misdemeanours amongst us will diminish.

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2. (noun) health, vigour.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 121-138;)

Ka nui te ātaahua o konei ināianei, ā, me te hauora hoki o te tangata (TKO 31/7/1917:9). / It's very beautiful here now and the people are healthy.

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hauora hinengaro

1. (noun) mental health.

hauora kare ā-roto

1. (noun) emotional health.

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