Hei whakaahua i te tangata, i te porihanga rānei e tino aro ana ki te moni, ki te hoko hautaonga, ki ngā rirohanga hei painga mōna anō me tōna paerewa noho.
To describe a person or society that is extremely focused on money, on buying goods and on possessions for their own benefit and standard of living.
apo - greedy, acquisitive
taonga - goods, property
haotaonga
Ko tāna i tohe ai, he ao apotaonga te ao e noho nei tātou i ēnei rā.
He pōhēhē nui tōna, mā te apotaonga ia e hākoakoa ai.
I te ao i te pō, e whākurua ana ō tātou taringa me ō tātou whatu ki ngā pānui hokohoko, nō reira he uaua te kaupare atu i tēnei mea te apotaonga.