whakapau
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-ria,-tia) to deplete, consume, use up, spend, finish up, exhaust, squander.
Mehemea e kawea ana aua moni ki ngā pēke, tērā e nui noa atu ngā painga e puta mai i roto, i te whakapaua ki ngā mea hangahanga noa iho (TP 7/1907:4). / If that money is taken to the banks much more benefit accrues than spending it on just trivial things.
2. (modifier) expending, spending, utilising, consuming, exhaustive.
I Hānuere o te tau 1927 ka puta te mahere whakapau moni a Hoani me tana poari, he wāhanga nei mō te mātauranga, mō te hauora, mō te ahu whenua, tae atu hoki ki ngā marae (TTR 1998:199). / In January 1927 Hoani and his board produced a plan to use their funds, with dissections for education, health, agriculture and for the marae.
3. (noun) expenditure, spending, consumption, depletion, utilisation.
Kua kite kē ia i te whakapau huakore noa iho o te moni i te utu i te tono karāti Karauna, i te rūri i te whenua me ngā mahi hoki a te Kōti (TTR 1994:129). / He had already seen the unnecessary expenditure to pay for applying for a Crown grant, surveying the land and the court costs.
