2. (noun) advocate.
kaitaunaki
1. (noun) advocate, promoter, testifier.
Arā anō ētahi, pērā i a Mākereti Hinewai o Ngāti Kaputuhi, i tū hei kaitaunaki matua ki ngā kōrero tuku iho, ngā whakapapa me ngā pānga whenua o ō rātou hapū (Te Ara 2015). / There were others, like Mākereti Hinewai of Ngāti Kaputuhi, who acted as principal testifiers, recounting tribal history and genealogical connections with land interests of their hapū.
Synonyms: tautīnei, kaiwhakahau, kawau mārō, kaihāpai, whakaihuwaka, aumangea
hapahapai
1. (verb) to lift often, raise repeatedly, advocate, champion, promote.
Nā tēnei ahau tō koutou tungāne, te tangata hoki nāna i hapahapai ō koutou ingoa whakahuahua ki ngā marae, tae noa ki roto ki te Pāremata o Te Kotahitanga (TJ 12/10/1899:12). / I, your brother and cousin, am the person who repeatedly raised your names on the marae, even in the Te Kotahitanga Movement's parliament.
Synonyms: tautīnei, whakapiki, whakatairanga, kōkiri, whakatuarā
2. (modifier) lifted, heave - used as whakahere hapahapai in the Māori Bible to refer to a 'heave offering', coming from a Hebrew root word meaning 'to lift' and refers to the offering being lifted before the altar to the Lord by the priest.
He whakahere hapahapai hoki: ka waiho e ngā tama a Iharaira hei whakahere hapahapai, he mea nō ā rātou patunga mō te pai, arā he whakahere hapahapai nā rātou ki a Ihowā (PT Ekoruhe 29:28). / For it is a heave offering: and it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord.
kaitautoko
1. (noun) supporter, sponsor, backer, advocate, benefactor, seconder (meeting).
Kei te whakamoemiti atu te manu meroiti nei ki ētahi o ana kaitautoko e whiu mai nei i ngā hua kāramuramu hei oranga mōna kia kaha ai tana korokī i runga i tōna pae (KO 15/5/1885:4). / This small bird is thanking some of its sponsers who have tossed some karamū berries as sustenance so that its call on its perch will be loud.
Synonyms: kaihāpai, pou tangata
kaiwhakahau
1. (noun) commander, advocate, promoter.
I te tekau tau atu i 1920, ka riro ko Takurua tētahi o ngā tino kaiwhakahau i te whakatōpūtanga o ngā whenua tūturu Māori tae atu ki ngā whenua i raro i te Karauna i roto i te rohe pōtae o Tūhoe, ā, nō konā ka piri tahi ia ki a Āpirana Ngata (TTR 1998:193). / In the 1920s Takurua became one of the main advocates of the consolidation of Māori and Crown lands within the Tūhoe district, and consequently became associated with Āpirana Ngata.
Synonyms: tautīnei, kawau mārō, kaihāpai, kaitaunaki, whakaihuwaka, aumangea
kawau mārō
1. (noun) fighting formation, concentrated attack - a military tactic where the war party advances in a triangle formation in battle to come to close grips and to split the enemy ranks. Also known as koau mārō, kawau rukuroa and kura takai puni.
Ko tērā kupu ko te 'kawau mārō' nō te pakanga, arā mō te matua he mea whakakokoi te tū whakamua, ā, ka whakaeke ana kāore rawa e hoki mai, kāore hoki e marara (NIT 1995:187). / That saying, the 'kawau mārō' (straight-flying cormorant) is about warfare and concerns an army division that forms a point at the front and when attacking never retreats or scatters.
2. (noun) advocate, champion, promoter.
He kawau mārō a Hōne Te Atirau Asher nō Tūwharetoa, noho ai hei kaiārahi i waenganui i te Māori rāua ko te Pākehā (TTR 1998:4). / Hōne Te Atirau was an advocate of Tūwharetoa and played a leadership role between Māori and Pākehā.
Synonyms: tautīnei, kaiwhakahau, kaihāpai, kaitaunaki, whakaihuwaka, aumangea
tautoko
1. (verb) (-hia,-na,-tia) to support, prop up, verify, advocate, accept (an invitation), agree.
E tautoko ana mātou i tēnei whakaaro kia tirohia e te iwi Māori tētahi tikanga hei whakamaharatanga pūmau ki tō tātou Kuīni rangatira (HKW 1/3/1901:1). / We support this idea that the Māori people look for a process for a permanent memorial to our noble Queen.
2. (modifier) supporting.
Kei roto te hanga tautoko e pakipaki ana, e umere ana, kei waho te hanga mautohe e kaioraora ana (PK 2008:73). / The supporters were inside clapping and applauding, while outside the protestors were acting menacingly.
3. (noun) support, backing.
Nā Pei Te Hurinui i whakatūturu tana tautoko i a Korokī (TTR 1998:87). / Pei Te Hurinui assured Korokī of his support.
4. (interjection) agreed, I support that - used as an exclamation to show agreement.
aumangea
1. (adjective) be strong, brave, persistent, determined, forceful, plucky, resilient, resolute, steadfast, tenacious.
I te ahiahi pō, nōna tonu te whakaaro, i haria e ia he ope iti huri atu ai mā te taha whakarua o te tohu whenua nei, ā, nā te taumauri me te manawanui, mau ana i a rātau ngā putaanga pū mīhini, putaanga motā hoki. He aumangea nō te kōkiri atu i pau ai te kaha o te hoariri ki te wawao tonu, ā, pāhoro ana te katoa o Takrouna (TTR 2000:114). / Late in the afternoon he decided that he would take a small party round the north-eastern side of the feature and with calm determination they captured the machine-gun and mortar posts. Because it was a courageous attack the enemy lost heart to continue the defence and the whole Takrouna feature fell.
Synonyms: mātātoa, manawa kai tūtae, manawaroa, whakamārohirohi, pikoni, pukutohe, pūkeke, mōtohe, niwaniwa, pakepake, pukutohetohe, tohetohe, pūnoke, manawa rahi, urupū, taikaha, pūtohe, ngana, manawanui, hihiri, rae pakari, ngākau titikaha, niwha, kiriūka, titikaha, whakakiriūka, ū, pukunanaiore, tōkeke, marohi, mārohirohi
2. (noun) advocate, campaigner, champion, promoter, proponent, upholder, supporter - a person who is strong, brave, persistent, determined, forceful, plucky, resilient, resolute, steadfast or tenacious.
Ko te manu he kupu whakarite mō te mātātahi o te ao Māori e tono whakamāherehere ana i te aumangea, arā, i te hunga mātau, i te hunga mārama, kia mōhio ai me huri pēhea, me rere ki hea, me tau anō hoki ki hea (HM 1/1998:2). / The bird is a metaphor for the younger generation of the Māori world seeking advice from the advocates, that is the knowledgeable and perceptive people, so that they will know how to turn, where to fly and where to land.
Synonyms: tautīnei, kaiwhakahau, kawau mārō, kaihāpai, kaitaunaki, whakaihuwaka
kaiwhakatūtū
1. (noun) activist, militant, protestor, objector, advocate.
Synonyms: kaiwhakahē, kaitāwari
whakaihuwaka
1. (noun) champion, advocate, promoter, supporter, backer, upholder, winner.
I a Malietoa i te kura ko ia te whakaihuwaka mō te whakataetae nei, mō te mekemeke (TTR 2000:90). / While Malietoa was at school he was the boxing champion.
Synonyms: tautīnei, kaiwhakahau, kawau mārō, kaihāpai, kaitaunaki, aumangea
kaihāpai
1. (noun) advocate, champion, promoter, supporter, upholder, backer, campaigner, proponent.
Ka mutu nei tana ākiri o mua rā ki tana taha Māori, ka puta a Pātariki Smyth hei tino kaihāpai Māori i te mātauranga (TTR 1998:175). / When he stopped his earlier rejection of his Māori side, Patrick Smyth became a strong Māori advocate for education.
Synonyms: kaitautoko, pou tangata, tautīnei, kaiwhakahau, kawau mārō, kaitaunaki, whakaihuwaka, aumangea
kōkiri
1. (verb) (-tia) to thrust forward, attack, call, charge, rush forward.
Mehemea e kapi ana a waho o te ngutu, kōkiritia tonutia ki waenganui tonu o te matua, engari kia inaki tonu te rere o ngā toa hāpai rākau ki mua (JPS 1919:86). / If outside the entrance is closely guarded, attack right at the middle of the army, but rush as a tightly packed group of warriors with weapons raised in front.
2. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to champion (a cause), promote, advocate, lead.
Rua tekau ngā tau e kōkiri ana ia i ngā kerēme nunui a Te Tai Tokerau ki te Karauna, ko ia tonu tō rātou tino kaiwawao (TTR 1998:137). / For 20 years he championed the important North Auckland claims against the Crown and he was their leading advocate.
Synonyms: whakapiki, hapahapai, whakatairanga, whakatuarā, tautīnei, takitaki, whaitaki, whakataki, tā, tātaki, huataki, arataki, ārahi, whakahaere, kaea, whakahaere tikanga, matā, taki, konumatā
3. (verb) to rise in a column.
I te ata rawa ka kitea te wai e kōkiri ake ana i te moana, ā i kapi katoa taua wāhi i te mamaoa (TWMNT 11/8/1874:206). / In the morning the water was seen rising in a column from the sea and that place was covered with vapour.
4. (noun) attack, assault, charge, offensive, strike.
Nō te Oketopa ka ārahina e rātou ko Tāreha me ētahi atu o te kāwai rangatira te matua o Heretaunga ki te tuki i te pā o Puketapu. Engari i hanepī te kōkiri (TTR 1994:190). / In October he, Tāreha with some other chiefs led the Hastings contingent to attack Puketapu pā. But the attack was aborted.
Synonyms: tukituki, kino, anuanu, mōrihariha, harehare, piro, hākiki, whakaweriweri, weriweri, kerakera, mataharehare, whakaparahako, maninohea
5. (noun) body of men rushing forward, attack party, forward movement of a kapa haka.
Tokoiwa te kōkiri a Rāpata, kotahi tekau tā Piki kōkiri (W 1971:130). / Robert's attack party was nine men, that of Piki was ten.
6. (noun) advocacy, promotion, backing, championing.
I te tau 1924 i tētahi huihuinga a te whakaminenga o te Hāhi, ka mana te kōkiri a te rōpū taituarā o Tumutara kia whakatūria a ia hei ūpoko mō te Hāhi Ringatū, arā, ko tōna ingoa hāhi ko pīhopa (TTR 1998:231). / At an assembly of the congregation of the Church in 1924, the advocacy of Tumutara’s supporters succeeded in getting him elected head of the Ringatū Church with the church title of bishop.
Synonyms: tautoko, taunaki, whakapiki, kakenga, whakatairanga
7. (noun) meteor.
See also kōtiritiri
Synonyms: tūmatakōkiri, marau, matakōkiri, kōtiri, kōtiritiri, unahi o Takero
8. (noun) leatherjacket, Parika scaber - a fish, uniform or mottled greenish grey. Body ovate, diamond-shaped, compressed.
kaiwhakahaere
1. (noun) administrator, boss, director, organiser, manager.
Ko te kaiwhakahaere o tēnei rōpū ko tētahi o ngā kaiārahi tūruhi o Te Whakarewarewa (TP 6/1910:7). / The organiser of this group is one of the tourist guides at Te Whakarewarewa.
Synonyms: menetia, kaiwhiriwhiri, kaiwhakarite
2. (noun) council, advocate, agent, advisor.
E kore e mana te rōia ki te haere ki te Kōti hei kaiwhakahaere, hei hoa rānei mō tētahi tangata (RT 2013:21). / A lawyer going to Court as an advocate or an ally for someone will not have any authority.
2. (noun) advocate, public defender, counsel.
I kitea e ia tona pūkenga ki ngā mahi a te kaiwawao; he mātauranga i whakaaturia e ia i ngā tau i muri mai i Heretaunga ki te takiwā tuawhenua o Te Matau-a-Māui me Tūranga (TTR 1994:22). / He discovered his skill as an advocate, knowledge which was displayed in later years from Hawke's Bay area and in Gisborne.
3. (noun) mediator, go-between.
Kātahi ka tū mai hoki te kawe a riri ki Taranaki. Ka haere te wā ka whakatau a Taiaroa ko ia hei kaiwawao mō te hunga tauwhāinga i reira (TTR 1990:137). / Then war broke out in Taranaki. Later Taiaroa decided that he would be a mediator for the groups in conflict there.
Synonyms: kaitakawaenga, takawaenga
4. (noun) referee, umpire.
He kaiwawao māraurau nei ia mō te tākaro tēnehi (TTR 2000:236). / He was a qualified umpire for the sport of tennis.
Synonyms: rewherī
Iriiri
1. (noun) Baptist - a member of a Protestant Christian denomination advocating baptism only of adult believers by total immersion.
Ka nehu tūpāpaku au, ka hoatu e au he wāhanga karakia ki ngā hāhi kei reira, ahakoa ko ngā hāhi kua whakahuatia ake nei e au, ahakoa he Katorika, he Rātana, he Ringatū, he Mōmona, he Iriiri, he Tuakana he Tainatanga, he Petekoha (HP 1991:39). / When I buried the dead I gave parts of the service to the denominations present, no matter whether they were the denominations mentioned above, or Catholic, Rātana, Ringatū, Mormon, Baptist, Brethren, or Pentecostal.
Synonyms: Papita
anakihi
1. (loan) (noun) anarchist - person of a political philosophy that advocates self-government based on voluntary institutions.
I te taenga mai o te waea kua mate tō rātou rangatira, ka tangi tonu i ngā tiriti, ko ētahi i tupehu ka rapu utu rātou i ngā anakihi (HKW 1/10/1901:3). / When the telegram arrived that their leader had died, the people in the streets wept and some were furious and sought revenge from the anarchists.
