kāore hoki te
1. how great is, never ending, unceasing, cannot be dispelled - a idiomatic form used in traditional mōteatea when expressing distress, sadness, pain and anguish. The idiom can be used without hoki.
Kāore hoki te hinapōuri, te kenepuru nei te ngākau, te kaniawhea nei tōku pere (M 2005:30). / For ever comes the deepening gloom, like this muddied thing within my thoughts (M 2005:31).
