whakangongo
1. (verb) (-tia) to neglect, pay no attention to, disregard, ignore.
Ahakoa i tukuna ō mātou whakaaro mō te whakatairanga me te tiaki i te reo ki te Kāwanatanga, ka whakangongo rātou i aua whakaaro. / Although our suggestions for promoting and caring for the language were sent to the Government, they ignored those ideas.
Synonyms: iwikoretanga, whakaturi, whātuturi, pī, whakatuturi
