mau tangata
1. (noun) person who is hospitable, welcoming, friendly and generous.
He tangata hoki ia i whakanuia e ngā iwi o te takutai o Te Tai Rāwhiti, he tangata whaimana, he mau tangata (M 2006:374). / He was also a man who was held in high regard by the tribes of the East Coast, a man of prestige, and devoted to his fellow man (M 2006:375).
Ko tēnei tangata, ko Pineāmine Waipapa, ko ia tētahi o ngā tino rangatira o Te Tai Rāwhiti nei, he tangata pai, he ngāwari, he mau tangata, he tangata whakarongo ki ngā kupu a ngā kaumātua (TP 12/1908:8). / This man, Pineāmine Waipapa, was one of the senior chiefs of the East Coast, a good and pleasant man who was hospitable, a man who listened to the words of the elders.