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hari

1. (verb) (-a) to take, carry.

He taraka hoki e haere mai ana, e ahu ana ki Nuhaka he pouihi raima, roroa hoki e haria ana (HP 1991:8). / And a truck carrying long concrete posts was coming, heading for Nūhaka.

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See also heri, hari kai

2. (noun) carrying, conveying, taking.

Kua hoki mai a Ngāti Tūwharetoa ki ō rātou waka me te hari mai i ngā wāhine mauherehere (NIT 1995:201). / Ngāti Tūwharetoa had returned to their canoes with their women prisoners.

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