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whakapāha

1. (verb) to exclaim in astonishment, sigh, express regret, apologise.

I whakapāha a ia mō te tini o ngā raruraru ture i whakarērea iho e ia mā Rōpiha (TTR 2000:187). / He apologised for the many legal problems he was bequeathing for Rōpiha to solve.

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Synonyms: harapuka, mapu, nguru, muri, hotu, pūhoto, pōuri, kōrehu, kōhau, rīpenetā, kaniawhea


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.

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