auheke
1. (verb) to surf.
Te āhua nei ki te tirohia ā-wairuatia atu te haere mai a taua waka i pēnei i ngā ika pāpahu e auheke mai nei i roto i te ngaru, i puritia mai ai e ngā taniwha, ā noa mai ki Hokianga (JPS 1957:229). / It would seem that if we imagine the coming of that canoe it was like porpoises surfing in a wave with it being held by the taniwha, and driven right to Hokianga.
2. (verb) to succumbe, give way, yield.
Nā, i whai hua ai ēnei whakapaunga kaha a tātou, he kore nō tātou i auheke mō te uaua noa iho te take (HM 1/1994:3). / Now, these energetic activities of ours produced results because we did not succumb to any difficulties.
3. (noun) slope, short descent.
I tanumia ia i te taha o tana wahine me ētehi o tōna whānau i te urupā o Kauae i ngā auheke tāhinga o raro mai i te maunga o Ngongotahā (TTR 1998:38). / He was buried beside his wife and others of his family in Kauae cemetery on the lower slopes of Mt Ngongotahā.
Synonyms: auhekenga
4. (noun) surf.
I muri tata iho i te āwhā e tūtū ana te auheke (Ng 1993:466). / The surf is high just after a storm.
5. (noun) difficulty, failure.
Rangi: Me mihi rā te tangata ka kuhu i a ia anō, ahakoa ngā aupiki me ngā auheke. Pare: Āe, engari kia aroha anō tātou ki te hunga e tapoko ana i roto i ngā uauatanga o tēnei ao e noho nei tātou (HKK 1999:177). / Rangi: We should acknowledge people who help themselves, despite the ups and downs. Pare: Yes, but we should have concern for the people bogged down in the difficulties of this world that we live in.
