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kāore i/a kō atu, i/a kō mai ...

1. (particle) there's absolutely nobody better than, there's absolutely nothing better than - an idiom used to indicate how outstandingly good someone is at a particular activity, or how outstandingly good something is.

Kāore i kō atu, i kō mai o Temepara Hōri mō te purei poitarawhiti. / There's absolutely nobody better than Temepara George at playing netball.

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