ehara i te hanga
1. it's not something insignificant, it's no ordinary thing, it's pretty amazing - used as an expression to comment on something that is impressive.
Ehara i te hanga! Harawiniwini ana taku kiri i te mātao. / It's pretty unusual! I'm shivering from the cold.
Haere te pū repo, haere te pū Māori nei anō, ehara i te hanga ake! Ngateri ana te whenua i te tangi o te pū! (TWM 28/5/1864:3). / The cannons went off and so did the Māori guns, it was amazing! The ground shook from the noise of the guns!
