āpiha

1. (loan) (noun) officer, official.

Kua tāia ngā kōrero a ngā āpiha o te Kāwanatanga mō ngā Kura Māori (TW 12/8/1876:2). / The reports from Government officers about Native schools have been printed.

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Synonyms: ōkawa

āpiha matataua

1. (loan) intelligence officer.

Tohu Āpiha, Te

1. (loan) Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, ONZM - The Order is awarded to those “who in any field of endeavour, have rendered meritorious service to the Crown and the nation or who have become distinguished by their eminence, talents, contributions, or other merits”.

Āpiha Pōti Matua

1. (loan) Chief Electoral Officer.

Āpiha Matua o te Ture

1. (loan) (noun) Attorney-General.

āpiha tango tāke i ngā kaipuke

1. (noun) tidewaiter - customs officer who boarded ships on their arrival to enforce the customs regulations.

Nā ōna parapara ki te tuhituhi, ki te kōrero, ki te tatau, ā, he tangata pono hoki, taka rawa ake ki te pokapūtanga o te tekau tau mai i 1860, kua whakatūria a ia e William Thomas, te kaiwhakawā takiwā, hei āpiha tango tāke i ngā kaipuke e ū ake ana ki Ōwenga (TTR 1990:152). / Because of his talents in writing, speaking, numeracy and general reliability, in the mid 1860s William Thomas, Resident Magistrate, appointed him as tidewaiter at Ōwenga.

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āpiha

āpiha matataua

Tohu Āpiha, Te

Āpiha Pōti Matua

Āpiha Matua o te Ture

āpiha tango tāke i ngā kaipuke

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