heke haere
1. diminish, decrease, lessen, reduce, decline.
Āpiti atu ki tēnei e kore rawa e whai wāhi ki te kura i a ia anō, te tukunga iho ka heke haere tōna pai mō te mahi minita (TKO 30/4/1920:11). / Added to this is that he will never be able to educate himself, with the result that his value as a clergyman will diminish.
Synonyms: whakaiti, whakamauru, tāmōmō, tāharahara, māwhe, rūnā, whakaheke, whakamimiti
