2. (noun) insanity, madness, lunacy.
Riro ana mā ngā kaiwhakawā e āta wānanga he mahi pokerehū rānei, he kawenga rānei nā te keka, i mōhio pū rānei e aha ana ia (HJ 2015:95). / It was up to the judges to carefully consider whether it was an accident, a result of insanity, or whether he actually knew what he was doing.
3. (noun) madman, bigot.
Ko te tangata kīhai e aro ki te whakaaro nui, he keka. Ko tērā kīhai e āhei ki te whakaaro nui he hākawa. Ko te mea kīhai e noho ki te āta whakaaro ka noho taurekareka noa (Milroy 2016). / He that will not reason is a bigot. He that cannot reason is a fool. He that dares not reason is a slave (Milroy 2016).