1. (personal name) personified form of the rainbow - one of a number of names, this one from Tūhoe.
Tokotoru ngā Haere he tuakana teina katoa, ko Haere-kohiko, ko Haere-waewae, ko Haere-atautu (PK 2008:62). / There are three Haere, all brothers, Haere-kohiko, Haere-waewae and Haere-atautu.
See also Kahukura, Uenuku, Tūāwhiorangi
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