1. (verb) to be unyielding, relentless, unrelenting.
He kaingākau nōna he mahi whakaheke te mahi nei, i papahueke ai tana aru atu (TTR 2000:203). / Because she valued these claims as an inherited duty she pursued them relentlessly.
Synonyms: āwai
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