kaitiakitanga
1. (noun) guardianship, stewardship, trusteeship, trustee.
Nō te tau 1962 i whakatūria a ia hei mana whakaāio, ā, whakatūria ana hoki ia i te tau 1970 ki te poari o te kaitiakitanga mātauranga o Pā Moore hei kanohi mō te iwi Māori (TTR 2000:77). / In 1962 he was made a justice of the peace and he was appointed to the Monsignor Moore Education Trust board in 1970 as the representative of the Māori people.
2. (noun) trust.
Ko ngā tāngata i taua hui ko Makiwhārena o Ūawa, ko Hāringi o Tūranga, me Hirimitana o Nēpia, ngā mema o taua Poari, me Wī Pere, Mema o te Pāremata, me Te Rīhi, rōia o Tūranga, me Tiakihana, te Rihīwa o te Kaitiakitanga (TP 5/1903:11). / The people at that meeting were McFarlane of Tolaga Bay, Harding of Gisborne, Shrimpton of Napier who are the members of the board, Wī Pere, Member of Parliament, Mr Rees, Gisborne lawyer, and Jackson, the Receiver of the Trust.
tiakitanga
1. (noun) guardianship, caring of, protection, upkeep.
Ka taka mai ki raro i ōna manaakitanga ko ngā tūmomo tiakitanga o te taiao (Te Ara 2014). / The programmes of guardianship of the environment fall under its auspices.
Synonyms: kaikaro, taumaru, whakahaumaru, pātūtū, taumarumaru, tiaki, papare, whakangungu rākau, waonga, amarara, hamarara, parahau, whakahau, whakangungu, pare, puapua, tiakanga, whakamaru
2. (noun) trust.
Ka āhei tētahi kaitiaki i whakatūria i raro i tēnei wāhi o tēnei Ture ki te nama moni mō ngā tikanga o te tiakitanga (RT 2013:80). / A trustee appointed under this section of this Law is able to borrow money for the management of the trust.
matapopore
1. (verb) (-tia) to watch over, careful of, cherish.
E te iwi, kia mataara, kia matapopore kei riro koutou i ngā whakawai a ngā tauiwi (TTT 1/10/1925:313). / People, be alert, be watchful or you will fall to the temptations of the foreigners.
Synonyms: whakamānawa, puiaki, paraihe
2. (verb) (-tia) to prize, value highly.
He whenua mōmona a Maketū, e rite ana te tupu o te kai ki tō Hawaiki, nā konei hoki i matapopore ai te Pākehā ki te hoko (TTT 1/6/1927:602). / Maketū is rich land with crops growing like they did in Hawaiki and consequently Pākehā have valued them highly for purchase.
3. (modifier) highly prized, highly valued, prized, cherished, much loved, treasured, concern, attentiveness.
4. (noun) guardianship, care.
Nā te rangatira me te ātaahua anō o tōna tupu – arā, te tāroaroa me te taiea o te hanga tū – ka tīmata te arongia atu; i māmā anō ai, nā tōna matapopore anō ki ngā āwangawanga o te iwi ki ō rātou whenua (TTR 1996:35). / Because of his rank and his handsome physical attributes – he was tall and distinguished – he became accepted, made easier by his guardianship of the concerns of his people for their lands.
