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touapo

1. (adjective) be greedy, grasping, avaricious.

Kia tūpato koutou ki te iwi kua tau atu nei. Ka tāhaetia ō koutou whenua, ka tūkinotia ngā wai o ō koutou awa, ka tāmia tō koutou reo, ka takahia ā koutou tikanga, he iwi ngākau hao tēnei, he touapo (HM 2/2009:11). / You should be cautious with the people who have landed. Your land will be stolen, the waters of your rivers will be contaminated, your language will be suppressed, your customs will be trampled on, this is an acquisitive people, they are greedy.

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