2. (loan) (noun) governor, ruler.
Kua tae te kōrero o te Kāwanatanga o Ingarangi ki a Kāwana Hākarihi Rōpihana, te Kāwana o Niu Haute Wēra, kia haere ai ia ki Whītī, ki reira kōrero ai, me te ako i ngā tikanga o te whakaaro o te Kāwanatanga (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Governor Zachary Robinson, the governor of New South Wales received instructions from the English government that he should go to Fiji, to discuss matters there and learn the nature of the government’s thoughts.
3. (loan) (personal name) Governor.
Kua tae te kōrero o te Kāwanatanga o Ingarangi ki a Kāwana Hākarihi Rōpihana, te Kāwana o Niu Haute Wēra (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Governor Zachary Robinson, the governor of New South Wales received instructions from the English government.
Kāwana Kerei
1. (loan) (personal name) Governor George Grey (1812-1898) Colonial governor (1845-1853, 1861-1868) and politician.
Ka tū a Kāwana Kerei, me te hani i tōna ringa, he hani i hoatu ki a ia e taua iwi, he mea hoki mā te toa anake e hāpai taua tū patu te hani (TW 30/3/1878:143). / Governor Grey stood with the hani in his hand, one which had been presented to him by that tribe, and the type of weapon that only warriors carry.
See also Kerei, Hōri
Kāwana-Tianara
1. (loan) (noun) Governor-General.
Tērā tētahi heitiki kei te wahine a te Kāwana-Tianara. Ko taua heitiki he mea hoatu ki tana pāpā i te wā e tū ana a ia hei Kāwana mō Niu Tīreni (TTT 1/6/1925:242). / The Governor-General's wife has a greenstone pendant, which was given to her father at the time he was Governor for Aotearoa/New Zealand.
