2. (verb) to be responsible, reliable.
Mēnā kei te haepapa ngā kōrero e rongo ake nei tātou, ākene pea kei te ora tonu te moa (HM 2/1993:7). / If the accounts that we are hearing are reliable, perhaps the moa is still alive.
Synonyms: noho haepapa, tūtika
3. (modifier) straight, correct.
4. (noun) responsibility.
Ko te haepapa matua ki ngā mātua ki te ārai i te kino i ā rātou tamariki (RT 2013:6). / The main responsibility for parents is to protect their children from anything bad.
Synonyms: takohanga
noho haepapa
1. (verb) to be accountable, responsible.
Ka noho haepapa tonu te Karauna ki te tiaki, ki te whaktairanga anō hoki i te reo Māori hei taonga, hei reo mana o Aotearoa (Māori Party 2014). / The Crown has an ongoing responsibility to protect and promote the Māori language as a treasure and as an official language of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
