te mutunga iho
1. at the end of the day, in the end.
Otirā ko te mutunga iho, nā tana whakaaro he kore take noa tērā tohu, i kore ai ia i whakaoti i tana tītohu hoahoanga (TTR 2000:192). / But in the end, because he thought that that qualification was worthless, he did not complete his architecture diploma.