1. (verb) to be at the summit, at the top.
Ahakoa te whakaaro o Karaitiana he āhua kore take noa te mahinga tuatahi nei, e ono wiki kē te roa o te waiata e matatihi nei i ngā whakaaturanga o ngā reo irirangi o Aotearoa (TTR 2000:98). / Although Karaitiana considered it was quite a poor first effort, it topped New Zealand radio hit parades for six weeks.
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