2. (modifier) eager, impatient, progressive, keen.
Taka rawa ki te tau 1929, kua tau kē te whakaaro o Ngata ko Tonga Mahuta te kaiārahi kaikaha hei ako i a Waikato ki ngā mea e taea ana e rātou, e pā ana ki te whakahaere i ō rātou whenua (TTR 1996:82). / By 1929 Ngata had decided that Tonga Mahuta was a progressive leader who would teach Waikato the things they could achieve in the way of managing their land.
Synonyms: kōtaratara, tūkari, ngākau whakapuke, kama, mōhukihuki, rikarika, kamakama, ihupuku, matangareka, kōkeko, hīkaka, ngākau whiwhita, takawhita, ngākaunui
3. (noun) eagerness, impatience, progressiveness, keeness, zeal, enthusiasm, verve.
Ka whakanohoia mai ko tētahi Māori kāore i pērā rawa i a ia te kaikaha (TTR 2000:. / Another Māori who was not as controversial as him, was put in place.
Synonyms: ngākau whakapuke, rika, tāwheta, whiwhita, ngākaunui, wana, matangareka, whitawhita
