rire

1. (loan) (personal name) Reid, Reed, Read.

Ki te whakaaro kua ū ngā poti kei Ōhau, i mea hoki a Kāpene Rire e mōhio ana ia ki te ūnga poti i Ōhau (TP 11/1902:11). / It is thought that the boats would have landed at Ōhau, as Captain Reid said that he knew a landing place at Ōhau.

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rire

1. (noun) deep water.

Haere ki a rātou mā e tīraha mai rā i Karipori, i Paranihi, i Paratiamu, i te rire o te moana (TTT 1/9/1924:99). / Go to those who lie at Gallipoli, in France, Belgium and the deep water of the ocean.

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Rau, Kereopa Te

1. (personal name) (?-1872) Ngāti Rangiwewehi; warrior and Pai Mārire leader who was hanged for his part in killing Volkner as revenge for the massacre at Rangiaowhia by government forces.

Ua Haumēne, Te

1. (personal name) (?-1866) Ngāti Ruanui; Taranaki religious leader, warrior and prophet who led the Hauhau and established the Pai Mārire faith.

Hauhau

1. (noun) a movement founded in Taranaki in 1862 by Te Ua Haumēne in response to Pākehā confiscation of Māori land and led to the establishment of the Pai Mārire Christian faith.

I ngā rā o te whawhai Hauhau i te tau 1865 i tautoko tētahi rangatira mana nui i te taha Kāwanatanga (TTT 1/3/1929:953). / In the days of the Hauhau war in 1865 a chief of great prestige supported the Government side.

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