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kāore i tua atu i ...

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

Kāore he tangata i tua atu i a Te Ihorei mō te kōkiri i ngā take Māori. / There is nobody better than Te Ihorei at promoting Māori issues.
Kāore i tua atu i te kareao hei mahi tāruke (HJ 2012:26). / There's nothing better than supplejack for making crayfish traps.

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