whakapāha
1. (verb) to exclaim in astonishment, sigh, express regret, apologise.
2. (noun) apology, regret.
Ka whiwhi te iwi ki tētahi paremata me tētahi whakapāha mō ngā whenua i raupatutia e te Karauna i te tekau tau atu i 1860 (Te Ara 2012). / The tribe obtained compensation and an apology for the land which was confiscated in the 1860s by the Crown.
