hara
1. (noun) bent stick used as a sign that a chief has died at a place.
Ka oti ēnei te mahi, e hangā ana te hara, he mea koropiko a runga o ngā rākau; ko te take o te hara hei tohu mō te rangatira, ka hangā ki te taha o te ara hei tirohanga mā te tangata (W 1971:36). / When these things are done, the hara is made, which are sticks bent at the top; the purpose of the hara is a symbol of a chief and it was made beside the path for a person to see.
