pukuaroha
1. (verb) to be sympathetic.
Nā te pahekotanga o Pōhio ki a Te Maihāroa ka noho mōriroriro ia i te tini o ngā rangatira o Ngāi Tahu. E pukuaroha ana ki te tohunga, engari e whakahē ana ki āna mahi (TTR 1990:113). / By joining Te Maiharoa, Pohio alienated himself from the majority of the Ngāi Tahu leaders, who sympathised with the tohunga but did not approve of his actions.
2. (adjective) be sympathetic.
He pukuaroha rawa ia ki te kāwanatanga (TTR 1994:118). / He was too sympathetic to the government.
3. (noun) sympathy.
Ahakoa te pukuaroha o te kōmihana ki te kerēme a Ngāi Tahu, porowhiua mai ana e te kāwanatanga (TTR 1994:103). / Despite the Commission's sympathy to the Ngāi Tahu claim, the government rejected it.
