moumou te pango
1. you're a copout - an idiom to suggest that a person's Māori identity is only skin deep.
Ngere: E toru ngā wāhanga o taku tuhinga. Ko te manaakitanga, ko te whanaungatanga me te Kīngitanga. Heoi anō, me haere au ki te whare pukapuka ki te rapu i te mātauranga! E noho rā. Kiri: (e pōuri ana) Moumou te pango! (HKKT 2011:23). / Ngere: There are three parts of my essay, manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and the Kīngitanga. And so I must go to the library to seek the knowledge! Bye. Kiri: (despondently) You're a copout!
