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mau tangetange

1. (adjective) proven guilty.

harakore

1. (stative) be innocent, blameless, faultless, guiltless, honest, not guilty, sinless.

E hara ana, e harakore ana rānei, te herehere? (MM.TKM 29/2/1856:13). / Do you find the prisoner guilty or not guilty?

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2. (modifier) innocent, blameless, faultless, guiltless, honest, not guilty, sinless.

Kīhai tēnei i homai hei taonga mō te tangata harakore, engari mō te tangata hara hei whakakaha i te ngoikore o te tangata (TP 2/1907:2). / This was not given as a gift for an innocent person, but for the sinful person to strengthen a person's weakness.

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3. (noun) without offence, innocence, blamelessness, faultlessness, guiltlessness, honesty, sinlessness.

Ko te hiahia tonu tēnei o te Kuīni, o ngā Kāwana katoa, me ngā Rūnanga Pākehā, kia noho tahi ai tātou i runga i te harakore (TMT 15/5/1861:7). / This has been the continuing desire of the Queen, of all the Governors, and of the Pākehā Assemblies, that we should all live together without offence.

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mau tangetange

1. (noun) found guilty.

He mau tangetange te whakataunga a te kōti ki runga i a Hīroki, kātahi ka whakahaua kia patua mate rawa (TTR 1994:28). / The decision of the court was that Hiroki was guilty and he was sentenced to death.

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ngākaukino

1. (verb) to be ill-disposed towards, antagonistic towards, hostile towards, averse to - sometimes written as two words, ngākau kino.

Ko ētahi o rātou e ngākaukino ana ki te Pākehā (TWMNT 16/5/1876:114). / Some of them are bitter towards Pākehā.

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2. (modifier) not disposed towards, unfavourably disposed towards, biased, prejudiced, viciously disposed.

E tika rawa ana kia whakawākia i roto i te Kōti Whakawā aua tū tāngata ngākaukino (TWMNT 22/5/1977:128). / It would be quite proper to take proceedings in the Resident Magistrate's Court against any such viciously disposed individuals.

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Synonyms: whakatoihara


3. (noun) bad heart, bias against, ill-treatment, guilty intent, prejudice, intolerance, bigotry, malevolence.

He kupu ēnei nā Pāpaka mō te ngākaukino o āna mātua ki a ia (NIT 1995:291). / These were words by Pāpaka referring to his uncles' ill-treatment of himself.

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Synonyms: kaikino, hīanga, whakatoihara, whakahāweatanga, whakatakētanga, kōaro

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