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aukati iwi

1. (noun) racism.

Nā te aukati iwi o te wā i whakarērea ai a Nēpia ki waho o te tīma i whakawhiti rā ki Āwherika ki te Tonga i te tau 1928 (TTR 1998:120). / Because of the racism of the time Nēpia was omitted from the team that crossed to South Africa in 1928.

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Synonyms: whakatoihara, whakatakētanga, kaikiri

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

kaikiri

1. (verb) (-tia) to be hostile, antagonistic, belligerent, racist, contrary, quarrelsome, opposed.

I te āhua nei he raiti whakaatu tēnei ki ngā waka rererangi Tiamana nā ngā Ārapi e kaikiri nei ki ngā Ingarihi (TTR 2000:160). / It would seem it was a signal to German aircraft by Arabs hostile to the English.

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Synonyms: whakatoihara, pākani, toheriri, tumatuma, pukungangare, nihoniho, ngaweri, pakapaka


2. (noun) hostility, antagonism, rivalry, opposition, racism.

Nōna e taiohinga ana he kaikiri nō Waikato, i haere ai a Te Murunga ki Taranaki (TTR 1998:7). / On reaching adolescence, because of hostilities in Waikato, Te Murunga went to Taranaki.

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Synonyms: tauwhāingatanga, whakatakētanga, aukati iwi, whakatoihara, hoariri, wheinga, tautētete, whewheia, whakahē

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

whakatoihara iwi

1. (noun) racism.

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