whaipainga
1. (noun) to nourish, value, benefit.
E tumanako ana ia i raro i te tikanga whakatopu pānga tēnā e whaipainga a Ngāi Tahu i ōna whenua papatipu e takoto rauroha tonu mai nā (TTT 1/11/1930:2180). / Under the process of consolidating shares, he wants Ngāi Tahu to benefit from its ancestral lands which lie spread out there.
See also whai painga
Synonyms: whai painga, whakawairākau, whāngai
2. (modifier) useful, valuable, beneficial.
Rapua māu he ūmanga whaipainga (Ng 1993:517). / Seek for yourself a useful occupation.
See also whai painga
3. (noun) benefit, value, goodness, utility.
See also whai painga
