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whakapau - consume, use up, finish, exhaust; spend

whakapau. 1. v.t. Consume, finish, leave no exception.

2. Exhaust. Ka titiro atu, whakapaua te kanohi (M. 11). Taku whakapaunga mahara tera (That is the spot the sight of which leaves me at a loss).

3. a. Exhaustive. Kia tu tahi taua i te riri whakapau kei o matua (M. 23).

Williams Dictionary

Koia nei te wairua o te kōrero kia tino whakapau kaha koe i ngā wā katoa.
This is the essence of this proverb to expend all of your ability all the time.

Kāore i te mōhio me pēhea te whakapau i ana moni, he pērā rawa te nui
He doesn’t know how to spend all his money, he has so much

Kei te whakapau moni ia, me te mea nei kua toa ia i te Lotto.
He is spending money as if he has won Lotto.