2. (modifier) insistent, urgent, pressing, emphatic.
Kāti, he tangi nonoi atu tēnei nā te Taura Whiri ki a koutou, ngā kaiwhakaputa tuhinga reo Māori (HM 1/1993:5). / Well, the Māori Language Commission is making an urgent plea to you, the publishers of the Māori language.
Synonyms: kōhukihuki
3. (noun) insistence, demand.
Atu i te tekau tau atu i 1950, pai noa iho te hua o tana nonoi kia noho ia i rō hōtēra (nō muri mai, ki rō mōtēra) (TTR 1998:185). / From the 1950s he was able to insist that he stay in hotels (and later, in motels).
