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he mahi pai noa iho ...

1. easy as, it was no problem, it is no problem, it will be no problem, it's a piece of cake - a statement used by a speaker to suggest that a task is an easy one.

Tana tīki mārika ki te kī mai he mahi pai noa iho tēnei mahi e whakakeka nei i a tāua (HKK 1999:201). / What a cheek he has to say that this task that you and I are attempting is a piece of cake.

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