hoea tō waka
1. paddle your canoe, go on then and do it, go ahead then, go for it, please yourself, you're on your own - an idiom to support or criticise someone's proposed action or idea. It sometimes implies that the person won't listen to advice but will find out eventually from his/her mistakes.
Tama: Ahakoa āu tohutohu, kei te haere tonu au ki Initonīhia. Pāpā: Hoea tō waka, e tama. Kaua e waea mai ki a au ina ka haria koe ki te whare herehere i reira. / Son: Despite your advice, I'm still going to Indonesia. Father: Go ahead then, son. But don't phone me when you're carted off to prison there.
Synonyms: e oke ([koe]) i [tō] oke
