2. (modifier) industrious, hard-working, diligent.
I mua he iwi mamahi te Māori, he tini ana tākaro, te omaoma, te pekepeke, te takaro ringaringa, te haka, te moari, te aha noa, te aha noa (KO 16/11/1885:3). / Formerly the Māori were an industrious people with many sports, running, jumping, playing hand games, performing haka, moari swings, and many other games.
3. (noun) industriousness, diligence, labour.
Tērā te makau te amuamu kau nei ki tana whāereere mō te korenga o ā rāua tamariki ora, te mahara ai ia, tērā te take i kore ai te whānau ora mai tētahi tamaiti mā rāua, ko te mamahi o tana wahine i a ia e hapū ana (TH 1/7/1859:2). / There was the partner grumbling about his wife for not having produced children that live, and not thinking that the reason not a single child had been born alive for them was because of the heavy work his wife did when she was pregnant.
