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nā wai [hoki] tāu

1. where did you get that idea from? who told you that? what a lot of rot!, balderdash, says who?.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 43;)

Nā wai hoki tāu i te mea ko te mutunga kē mai o te rūkahu, kia mōhio mai nei koe. / Who'd you get that from because, let me tell you, when it comes to lying they really take the cake.

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