1867. F. Hochstetter, `New Zealand,' (English edition) p. 438:
"Rev. Mr. Chapman received me at his garden gate with a hearty welcome, the natives shouted their friendly `haeremai,' and ere long we were all in comfortable shelter beneath the missionary's roof."
1883. F. S. Renwick, `Betrayed,' p. 34:
"Haire mai ho! 'tis the welcome song
Rings far on the summer air."
<hw>Hair-trigger</hw>, <i>n.</i> a Tasmanian name for any plant of genus <i>Stylidium</i>. Called also <i>Trigger-plant</i>, and <i>Jack in a Box</i> (q.v.).
1852. Mrs. Meredith, `My Home in Tasmania,' vol. ii. p. 71:
"The <i>Stylidium</i>, or as we named it, the `Hair-trigger,' is common all over the colony."
<hw>Haka</hw>, <i>n.</i> Maori word for a dance.
1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' p. 198:
"A haka was now performed by about one hundred and fifty men and women. They seated themselves in ranks in one of the courtyards of the pa, stripped to the waist. An old chieftainess, who moved along the ranks with regular steps, brandishing an ornamental spear in time to her movements, now recited the first verse of a song in a monotonous, dirge-like measure. This was joined in by the others, who also kept time by quivering their hands and arms, nodding their heads and bending their bodies in accordance with each emphasis and pause."