2. (noun) cunning, deceit, guile, deviousness.
He kino ngā kupu a tōna māngai he rauhanga hoki (PT Nga Waiata 36:3). / The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit.
3. (noun) tactic, trick, device, ploy, manoeuvre, stratagem.
Ka huri a Poananga ki te whakatinana i ngā rauhanga he mea waihanga e ia i Kōrea me Mareia ki te raki (TTR 2000:154). / Poananga set about putting into practice the stratagems he had developed in Korea and North Malaya.