hei aha [māku] te
1. what's the point, it doesn't matter to me, it's not for me - an idiom used to indicate that the matter is not the concern of the speaker, or someone else. In this usage te is followed by a verb.
Hei aha māku te whakahuahua atu i ngā ingoa, otirā, tautoko i te āhuatanga o te reo whakamihimihi i puta i tō tātou Minita mō ō koutou mātua, rātou kua poupou ki te matemate (NZP 29/3/2012:1530). / It is not for me to name you individually but rather to endorse the welcoming sentiments expressed by our Minister in respect of your forefathers who have passed on (NZP 29/3/2012:1530).
Hei aha mā tāua te kōrero ki a ia? (HKK 1999:78). / What's the point of talking to her?
