taritari
1. (verb) to carry, bring, convey (repeatedly).
I whakamahia rānei ngā tamariki o te kura ki ngā mahi pononga, ki ngā mahi taritari wahie, tahu kai, ahu whenua? (TW 17/11/1877:450). / Were the children of the school made to do the work of servants, to carry firewood, to cook and to do agricultural work?
taritari
1. (verb) to urge, incite, recruit.
I tōna hokinga ake, ka whakamātau ki te taritari uku mōna hei whakanohonoho i tōna iwi ki te takutai i Kapiti (TTR 1990:333). / When he returned he attempted to recruit allies to join him in the settlement of his people on the Kapiti coast.
Synonyms: kimi tangata, ika tauhou
2. (modifier) recruiting.
Noho ake ana ia hei āpiha taritari, takawaenga hoki mō te rōpū tautoko i ngā Mahi Māori mō te Whawhai (TTR 2000:109). / He served as a recruiting and liaison officer for the Māori War Effort Organisation.
3. (noun) recruit.
He wā i muri mai, ka whakamarumarutia e Te Rata i tōna kāinga i Waahi, tētehi taritari hōia i oma mai ki a ia i reira (TTR 1996:226). / Later Te Rata protected a recruit, who had deserted, in his home at Waahi.
2. (noun) wait, waiting.
Ka tae ki reira, potopoto nei te taritari (HP 1991:257). / On arriving there, there was a short wait.
taritari āwhā
1. (noun) spiderwood, Dracophyllum latifolium - native shrub to 10 m which looks a little like a cabbage tree, having clusters of long tapering leaves at the tips of their branches. Found in northern North Island to as far south as Taranaki and Lake Waikaremoana and in the South Island from Puponga to the Nile River in hill and mountain forests.
See also neinei
