waerehe
1. (loan) (noun) wireless, radio.
Ka rongo tana kuia i te reo o tana mokopuna i te waerehe, ka tīmata te kōrerorero atu o te kuia rā ki a ia, ā, kāore i ārikarika tana mahi pērā haere tonu (TTR 2000:18). / When his grandmother heard her grandchild's voice on the radio she would begin talking to him, and that happened often.
Synonyms: reo irirangi
hopuoro irirangi
1. (noun) radio microphone, wireless microphone.
Mā te taura hiko e hono atu ai ētahi momo hopuoro ki te whākaha. Ko ētahi, mā te irirangi kē, karekau he taura hiko. Ka kīia tēnei momo he hopuoro irirangi (RTP 2015:57). / Some types of microphones are connected to the amplifier via an electric cord. Others are via radio waves and there's no electric cord. This type is called a wireless microphone.