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iti haere

1. (verb) to diminish, dwindle, shrink.

Erangi, ahakoa e iti haere ana te rahi me te awe o te Kīngitanga, he nui ngā āhuatanga e whakaatu mai ana kua huri haere kē tōna āhua ki tērā o te rōpū ōkawa (TTR 1996:84). / But although the size and influence of the King Movement was shrinking, in many ways it was showing that it was changing to a more formal group.

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Synonyms: kōriorio, pīngongo, eti, whakakauriki, tingongo

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