hakarin.
/ˈhɑːkəri/, U.S. /ˈhɑkəri/, New Zealand English /ˈhʌːkəri/ New Zealand.
A Maori feast, typically held after a marriage, alliance, or other ceremony, and traditionally featuring a tall stack of food piled up in baskets (supported by a frame) in a rough pyramid shape.The holding of such feasts was largely discontinued towards the latter half of the 19th cent. after the introduction of Christianity, but has since been revived, the feasts now often being of a more general nature.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > big or substantial meal
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1823 R. A. Cruise Jrnl. Ten Months' Resid. N.Z. 107 One of the gentlemen..was present at the shackerie, or harvest home..of Shungie's people.
1835 W. Yate Acct. N.Z. (ed. 2) 139 [A] feast..called the Hakari;..the visiters [sic] bringing the cooked food, and receiving from their hosts an immense quantity, piled up in the form of a pyramid, eighty feet high, and twenty feet square at the base.
1842 W. R. Wade Journey Northern Island N.Z. v. 119 A..chief; mounted the scaffolding to hoist a flag, significant of the termination of all hakaris in the Bay of Islands.
1987 World & I June 514/2 The occasion prompted the preparation of such large quantities of food that some hakaris lasted for several weeks.
2001 Salient (N.Z.) 17 Sept. 33 Once all the degrees have been conferred, everyone is welcome to stay for a hakari, following traditional marae protocol.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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