. 112:

"After breakfast we went to them all; they were very glad to
see us, and gave us the usual welcome, `Haeremai! Haeremai!'"

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' p. 249:

"As I ascended the steep hill with my train, scarcely any
greeting was addressed to me, no shouts of haeremai, so
universal a welcome to the stranger, were to be heard."

1863. F. E. Maning (<i>The Pakeha-Maori</i> ), `Old New
Zealand,' p. 14:

"The boat nears the shore, and now arises from a hundred voices
the call of welcome, `Haere mai! haere mai! hoe mai!' Mats,
hands, and certain ragged petticoats all waving in the air in
sign of welcome. Then a pause. Then, as the boat came nearer,
another burst of haere mai! But unaccustomed as I was then to
the Maori salute, I disliked the sound. There was a wailing,
melancholy cadence that did not strike me as being the
appropriate note of welcome."

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."

1852. G. C. Mundy, `Our Antipodes,' c. xvi. p. 409 (3rd ed.
1855):

"I witnessed a national spectacle which was new to me--a sort
of incantation performed by women alone--the haka, I