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.
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.
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.
Synonyms: ngākaukino, whakahāweatanga, whakatakētanga, kōaro, kaikiri, aukati iwi
