awe māpara
1. (noun) distant future - often in the phrase tua o te awe māpara.
E whakapono ana au ka taea te reo onepunga o nāianei te whakamōmona ake, te whakamākūkū ake, kia āhua rite ai te reo kei tua i te awe māpara ki te reo i a nunui mā, i a roroa mā kua riro ki tua o te pae o maumahara (HM 4/1993:7). / I believe that the limited language of now can be enriched so that in the distant future it will be similar to the language of those who have passed on.
2. (noun) facade, camouflage.
I āhua mōhio rātau, ērā ētahi mahi raruraru kei te mahia i muri i te awe māpara (WT 2013:67). / They had an idea of some of the troubling activities being done behind the facade.
