Meri
1. (loan) (personal name) Mary.
Ko te rā o te horoinga o Meri, te matua wahine o Ihu Karaiti (Ma 1841:3). / The day of the washing of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.
Synonyms: Mere
Meri Kirihimete
1. (loan) (noun) Merry Christmas.
“Meri Kirihimete me te Hape Nū Ia” (e kī ana te Pākehā) ki ngā iwi me ngā hapū katoa (HKW 12/1898:6). / “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year” (as the Pākehā say) to all the tribes and hapū.
Synonyms: Mere Kirihimete
Mangakāhia, Meri Te Tai
1. (personal name) (1868-1920) Te Rarawa; woman of mana and a suffragist who argued in 1893 for women to have the right to participate in the Māori Parliament, Te Kotahitanga.
Nō te 18 o Mei 1893 ka whakaarahia e te kaiwhakahaere o te whare o raro o te Pāremata o te Kotahitanga he mōtini nā Meri Mangakāhia, e tono ana kia whakaaetia te whare kia whakamana i ngā wāhine ki te pōti mema mō rātou ki te Pāremata Māori (TTR 1994:54). / On 18 May 1893 the Speaker of the lower house of the Kotahitanga parliament introduced a motion by Meri Mangakāhia, requesting that women be given the right to vote for members to the Māori Parliament.
