Just checking that "haku" is the word you were going for. Here's an extract from a maori to English dictionary.
haku
1. (verb) (-a) to nag, complain about, find fault with, henpeck. Taro ake ka haku a ia i takahia te mana o tōna iwi o Moeraki (TTR 1990 wh351).After a time he complained...