2. (modifier) genuine, authentic, true, sincere.
He tangata motuhenga, whakapono a Pāora Teramea (TTR 1998:27). / Pāora Delamere was a sincere and devout man.
Synonyms: ngākau pono, tinihanga kore, pono, houtupu, motuhēhē
3. (noun) documentary.
Ko te take o te haere, he mahi whakaahua, hanga i tētahi motuhenga e kōrero ana mō te Ope Taua 28 (Māori) o Aotearoa i te Pakanga Tuarua (TTR 2000:86). / The purpose of the trip was film making, to make a documentary talking about the 28th (Māori) Battalion of New Zealand in the Second World War.
