2. (modifier) deceitful, duplicitous, underhand, deceiving, dishonest.
He rūnanga whakatūaho tā rātou, kia riro mai ai a Te Hura (W 1971:444). / They have a duplicitous council so that they obtained Te Hura.
3. (noun) deceit, deception, guile, trickery, duplicity, subterfuge, chicanery, deceitfulness.
Ko te pakirehua nui o roto i a au he aha rā tātou i tuku ai kia pēnei rawa te kaha o te ngaro o te reo kātahi anō ka pōnānā ki te whakaora ake? Nā ngā whakakonuka, nā ngā whakatūaho o te ao Pākehā, nā te aha kē rānei? (HM 3/1995:6). / The big question within me is why did we allow the loss of the language to become this bad before hurrying to save it? Is it because of the temptations and the deception of the Pākehā world, or just what was it?
