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toihara

1. (noun) discrimination.

aukati

1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to dam a stream, prevent one from passing, block, obstruct, discriminate against - sometimes involves placing a notional boundary across which unauthorised movement is prohibited.

Nei te pōwhiri atu ki a koutou, kei pōkaku noa mai koutou e aukatihia noahia mai ana ki ēnei kura e toru nā rātou nei i te para te huarahi (HM 2/1999). / Here is the invitation to you all in case you are mistaken into thinking that you are being excluded from these three schools which paved the way.

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Synonyms: kōpeka, kōpekapeka, kati, taupā, taupare, , whakakōroiroi, whakapā, whakahōtaetae, ngihangiha, ārai, hōtaetae, pākati, tāiha, taipuru, ārei


2. (modifier) discriminatory, biased, unfair, exclusive.

Ka haere ngā mahi whakatutuki, whakawhānui a te kāwanatanga i ngā ture mō tā rātou kaupapa toko i te ora, tohua ake ana e Rangi ngā tikanga aukati i te Māori (TTR 1998:109). / As the government implemented its broader welfare legislation, Rangi drew attention to practices discriminatory to Māori.

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3. (modifier) restrictive.

He kī pono tēnei, mehemea e kore te iwi e pai ki tēnei mahi aukati, nā tō rātou kūare, nā tō rātou mōhio kore i pēnei ai rātou. Tēnā, kua tae rānei koe ki ēnā kāinga aukati? (KO 15/12/1886:8). / This is a fact that if the people are not amenable to this restrictive practice they are like this because of their ignorance and lack of knowledge. Well, have you been to those settlements where there is a restriction?

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4. (noun) border, boundary marking a prohibited area, roadblock, discrimination (justice), line over which one may not pass.

I tono atu ahau ki a koe kia hoki mai koe, otirā i whakatakoto koe i tētahi aukati i runga i te rohe i kīia e koe ko te rohe o tō takiwā, ā kāore ahau i āhei te haere atu ki tērā taha (TWMNT 27/3/1877:87). / I asked you to come back, but you placed an aukati over the area that you say is the boundary of your territory, and I was not allowed to cross over to that side.

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whakahāwea

1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to belittle, despise, show contempt, degrade, undermine, discriminate.

Ka roa e moe ana, ka whakahāweatia a Maota e tona tāne (M 2006:430). / After they had been married a long time Moata was belittled by her husband.

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Synonyms: whakapuwheto, whakapuheto


2. (modifier) contemptuous, scornful, derisive, disdainful, sneering.

Nui atu te tiotio o ēnā kupu whakahāwea ki aku taringa (HJ 2012:206). / Those contemptuous words really jar on my ears.

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Synonyms: kanone, hanihani, hahani, tāwai


3. (noun) sarcasm, disdain, scorn, contempt.

Kātahi ka kōrero i te whakahāwea a tona tāne mōna (M 2006:430). / She then spoke about her husband's scorn towards her.

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Synonyms: wenerau, tokoreko, hahani, whakaiti, whakareko, whakapuwheto, whakapuheto, aniani, whakakurīmōri

whakaparahako

1. (verb) (-tia) to belittle, despise, malign, patronise, condescend, discriminate.

Ki te mea ka tukua he pukapuka whakahē mō te Kāwanatanga, ka whakaparahakotia e 'Te Waka Maori', ka mea mai taua nūpepa e kore e pānuitia e ia aua pukapuka (TWMNT 16/11/1875:273). / If articles were sent in criticising the Government, they were rejected by 'Te Waka Maori', which said it would not print those articles.

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Synonyms: muhani, tūtara, whakakino, whakatūtūā, whakahahani, whakahariharitae, kehi, whakakinokino, muheni, whakatuohu, muhari


2. (modifier) disparaging, derogatory, pejorative, insulting, offensive, deprecating, belittling, discriminating.

Mehemea e hē ana te kupu whakaparahako he aha rā te kupu tika? (TTT 1/2/1926:347). / If the disparaging word is incorrect what then is the right word?

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Synonyms: weriweri, kino, tukituki, maninohea, mataharehare, kerakera, mōrihariha, anuanu, harehare, piro, hākiki, kōkiri, whakaweriweri


3. (noun) disdain, condescension, disparagement, mocking, ridicule, derision, vilification, belittlement, discrimination.

I te 1 o Haratua i te tau 1979 ka tūmatakina atu te rōpū tauira Māori o He Tauā ki ētahi tauira Pākehā o te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki-makaurau mō tā rātou whakaparahako i te haka (Te Ara 2014). / On 1 May 1979 a Māori students’ group known as He Taua confronted engineering students at Auckland University for their mocking of the haka.

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Synonyms: hangareka, whakarōriki, whakatakē, pūhohe, tāwai, whakahahani, whakareko, taunu, aniani, whakaiti, whakahīhī, whakamanumanu

whakatoihara

1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to disparage, belittle, deride, denigrate, be racist, prejudge, practise discrimination, be bigoted.

Ahakoa kāore ia i whakahē i te āhua o te mahi tākaro i waenganui i te Māori me Āwherika ki te Tonga, i rongo tonu te rau i tana whakaatu rā i te kaha o te mahi whakatoihara i te Māori i ngā hōtēra o Ākarana, whakatoihara hoki i te mahi whiwhi whare, whiwhi mahi rānei (TTR 2000:140). / Although he did not protest against sporting contacts between Māori and South Africa, he revealed how rife racial discrimination was in the hotels of Auckland and discrimination in housing or employment.

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Synonyms: kaikiri


2. (modifier) discriminatory, prejudiced, bigoted, inequitable, intolerant, racist, xenophobic.

Ko tētahi o ngā tino whāinga a Eruera ko te whakakore i te mahi whakatoihara i te iwi Māori, ko te whakatū kaupapa e ōrite ai ngā iwi (TTR 1998:221). / One of Eruera's main aims was the abolition of discrimination against the Māori people and the establishment of racial equality.

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Synonyms: ngākaukino


3. (noun) prejudice, bigotry, racism, intolerance, discrimination, xenophobia.

I te wā i a ia i te Pāremata, karawhiua ana e ia te whakatoihara iwi ahakoa he aha te hanga, te āhua rānei (TTR 1998:221). / Throughout his parliamentary career he attacked racism no matter what form it took.

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Synonyms: ngākaukino, whakahāweatanga, whakatakētanga, kōaro, kaikiri, aukati iwi

whakahāweatanga

1. (noun) discrimination, prejudice, bigotry, intolerance.

Ahakoa te whakahāweatanga o te tangata ki te haere a Hirini Taiwhanga ki Ingarangi, he hua nunui kua puta mai i tana haere (KO 15/1/1883:6). / Despite people's intolerance towards Hirini Taiwhanga's journey to England, many benefits resulted from his trip.

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Synonyms: whakatoihara, ngākaukino, whakatakētanga, kōaro

whakatakētanga

1. (noun) racism, prejudice, bigotry, intolerance, discrimination, xenophobia.

Ahakoa huri ki hea e tipu ana te hiahia i waenganui i a tātou o reira ki te whai, ki te ako, ki te pupuri i tō rātou taha Māori i roto i ngā papatoieketanga, i ngā hēmanawatanga, i ngā whakatakētanga o te noho mai i reira (HM 1/1993). / Wherever one turns there is the desire amongst those of us who live there to pursue, to learn and to retain their Māori identity despite the difficulties, the frustrations and the racism of that place.

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Synonyms: kaikiri, aukati iwi, whakatoihara, ngākaukino, whakahāweatanga, kōaro

warahoe

1. (verb) to be fastidious, fussy, critical, discriminating, abstaining.

Kua tāharahara te inu i ngā wai whakahaurangi ki tāwāhi i tēnei takiwā, huia ka huia ngā tāngata e warahoe ana ki ngā wai haurangi i nāianei ki Ingarani, e tae rawa ana ki te whā miriona tāngata tītotara (KO 15/12/1883:3). / The drinking of intoxicating drinks has currently declined overseas and altogether the people abstaining from alcoholic drinks now in England has reached four million teetotallers.

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whakapai kanohi

1. (intransitive verb) to favour one over the other, treat differently, discriminate.

Nō te pānuitanga tuarua i te tau 1882, ka whakawhiua e ia te kāwanatanga, he whakapai kanohi nōna ki te iwi Māori, he whēnako whenua (TTR 1990:338). / On the second reading in 1882, he accused the government of discrimination against the Māori people and of stealing land.

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