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