matatika
1. (stative) be right, straight, ethical, fair, equitable, honest, impartial, unbiased, upright.
Ko tā rātou i whakatau nei, e matatika ai te kēhi a te kaiwawao me whai kanohi ā-ture tonu taua tangata rā (TTR 2000:79). / Their conclusion was that in order that the case had a fair hearing a person should have legal representation.
Synonyms: tikanga, ake, tika, matau, mōtika, tonu, tōtika, take, heipū
2. (modifier) right, straight, ethical, fair, equitable, honest, impartial, unbiased, upright, moral.
He wahine manawa kaha a Ngāhirapu, he wahine matatika tū teitei (TTR 1998:35). / Ngāhirapu was a woman of strong character and high moral values.
3. (noun) right, ethic.
Ka takea mai te kupu tiaki i ngā whakaaro mō te manaaki me te ārai, nā reira te matatika mō te tiaki (Te Ara 2015). / At the heart of the word 'tiaki' are notions of care and protection, giving it its conservation ethic.
2. (noun) person free of moral or spiritual blemishes, virtuous person, saint.
He whiro rānei koe, he ahurangi rānei? (JPS 1926:157). / Are you a villain or a saint?
3. (noun) type of tūāhu.
Me te tūāhu ahurangi he whakaora tangata (JPS 1926:157). / Like a sacred place healing people.
kawenata
1. (loan) (noun) covenant, testament, charter, contract, agreement, treaty - any undertaking that binds the parties in a permanent and morally irrevocable relationship.
Ka horahia he kawenata kia kaua ngā rākau o taua ngahere e tuaina mō āke tonu atu. / A covenant was placed on that forest that trees would never be felled.
