2. (modifier) spiritual, religious.
Me whakaaro te kāwanatanga kia whakaakona ōna tāngata ki ngā mea whakawhenua; me te Hāhi hoki e whakaako ana ki ngā mea whakawairua (TMT 15/8/1861:7). / The government must consider the secuIar instruction of its people, and the Church teaches the religious things.
Synonyms: whakapono
2. (noun) spiritual leader.
Haere rā, e te pā whakawairua W 1971:243). / Farewell, our spiritual leader.
