manuhirin.

1820 T. Kendall & S. Lee Gram. & Vocab. Lang. N.Z. 175 Mánu wídi; Person from a distant part.]

1843 J. K. E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. II. 371 Manuwiri—a stranger, a traveller..Manuhiri—id[em].

1863 T. Moser Mahoe Leaves 34 Harry and I, as manuwhiri's, (strangers) were not forgotten.

1884 M. A. Martin Our Maoris i. 23 The whole party depended on the hospitality of the Maoris, who in those days gave freely from their stores of potato and fish to the Manuhiri.

1917 N.Z. at Front 1st Ser. 162 He werry kind to t'e Manuhiri, t'e visitor.

1986 Public Service Assoc. Jrnl. 19 July 12 The theme for this year's refugee Sunday is ‘many manuhiri’. The manuhiri are the ‘people coming in’, and New Zealand has a tradition of welcoming strangers that goes back to the very first people who settled here.

1991 Eng. Today Apr. 20/1 Manuhiri, visitor to a marae, lately broadened in meaning to refer collectively to the non-Maori, seen from a Maori perspective as guests in the country.