whakatare
1. (verb) to lean forward, look intently, intent upon.
Ka haere te wahine nei, a Wairaka, i te kūwaha ka noho atu, ka whakatare atu ki roto, ka kite atu i te tangata pai rā ki te haka (JPS 1894:61). / This woman, Wairaka, went to the door, sat down and looking intently inside she saw the man who was good at the haka.
Synonyms: titiro whakatau, whakatātare, whakataretare
2. (verb) (-ngia,-a) to hang up, fly (a flag).
Ka whakatūria tana pou haki. Ka whakatarengia te tiaki o Ingarangi (TTR 1990:196). / His flagstaff was erected, and the Union Jack was flown.
3. (noun) flying (a flag).
Ko Tūranga nei tonu te tāone tuatahi i ū mai ia i te hokinga mai i te whakatare i te kara a te Kuīni ki runga i ētahi o ngā moutere huhua o te moana (HKW 1/11/1900:10). / Gisborne here was the first town he landed at after returning from flying the Queen's flag over some of the many islands of the ocean.
