kaiwhakawa - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

kaiwhakawā

1. (noun) judge, umpire, adjudicator, magistrate.

Ka tū hei āteha i te whakapaunga o te tekau tau atu i 1850. Ko ia te kaiwhakawā mō ōna iwi (TTR 1994:97). / He was appointed an assessor in the late 1850s. He was a magistrate for his people.

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Synonyms: tiāti, tiati, whakawā, whakawāwā

Kaiwhakawā Matua

1. (noun) Chief Judge.

I Oketopa o te tau 1876, kākati ana te ngau whakautu a Taiaroa i ngā kōrero a te kaiwhakawā matua, a Te Penetana, arā, nāna te kōrero kāre he pūtake o ngā pitihana a Ngāi Tahu mō ngā whenua i hokona i Ōtākou, me ērā hoki i hokona mai e Te Keepa (TTR 1994:102). / In October 1876 Taiaroa issued a trenchant reply to Chief Judge F. D. Fenton, who had criticised as unfounded a Ngāi Tahu petition regarding the land purchased in Otago purchase, and those purchased by Kemp.

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kaiwhakawā tūpāpaku

1. (noun) coroner.

Kaiwhakawā Tumuaki

1. Chief Justice.

I te 1 o Maehe 1842, ka whakawākia a Maketū ki mua i te kaiwhakawā tumuaki, i a Wiremu Mātene, i te Kōti Matua i Ākarana (TTR 1990:43). / On 1 March 1842 Maketū was tried in the Auckland Supreme Court before Chief Justice, William Martin.

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kaiwhakawā tūmatanui

1. Justice of the Peace.

I whakatūria anō hoki a ia hai kaiwhakawā tūmatanui, ā, ka hia tau kē nei ia e kaihautū ana mō te iwi Māori o te rohe (TTR 2000:122). / He was also appointed as a justice of the peace, and was a leader for the Māori community of the district for many years.

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Synonyms: Kaiwhakarite Whakawā Hatihi

kaiwhakawā tūturu

1. (noun) resident magistrate.

Ko ngā hara i roto i tēnei Ture me whakawā, me whiu i te aroaro o tētahi Kaiwhakawā Tūturu (RT 2013:22). / Offences under this Act must be tried and sentenced before a Resident Magistrate.

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