office - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

matakana

1. (noun) probation officer.

Te Mana Whakaatu

1. (noun) Classification Office. Previously known as The Office of Films and Literature Classification.

Tari Whakarōpū Tukuata, Tuhituhinga, Te

1. (loan) (noun) The Office of Films and Literature Classification. Now known as Te Mana Whakaatu - Classification Office.

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

Tari Whakatau Take e pā ana ki te Tiriti o Waitangi, Te

1. (loan) Office of Treaty Settlements.

Tari Whakawhanaunga-ā-Iwi, Te

1. (loan) (noun) Race Relations Office.

āpiha matataua

1. (loan) intelligence officer.

Tari Hokohoko Whenua Māori

1. (loan) Native Land Purchase Office.

kaiwhakahaere matua

1. (noun) general manager, chief executive officer (CEO).

I haere tonu i te wā ko Haami Piripi te kaiwhakahaere matua o Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (HM 4/2008:1). / They continued during the time that Haami Piripi was the CEO of the Māori Language Commission.

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tari mana taurite

1. equity office.

pōtawhe

1. (loan) (noun) post office.

Ko te toa a Kemara mā kei tāwāhi ake o te pōtawhe hou i Nēpia (TW 3/6/1876:223) / Kemara & Co.’s store is on the other side of the new Post Office in Napier.

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Synonyms: whare mēra, poutāpeta

whare mēra

1. (loan) (noun) post office.

Whare Mēra, Ākarana, Māehe 31, 1857 (MM.TKM 31/3/1857:13). / Post Office, Auckland, March 31, 1857.

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Synonyms: poutāpeta, pōtawhe

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.

Uruwhenua o Aotearoa

1. New Zealand Passport Office.

kaiwhakarite whenua

1. (noun) land purchase officer, land purchase agent.

Nō Wairarapa, arā nō Peretanginoa, i tuhia ai tēnei pukapuka ki a Kāwana rātou ko ana kaiwhakarite whenua mō ngā Māori mō ngā Pākehā anō hoki (Letter from Maraea Te Toatoa & Iraia Te Ama to Kawana, 11 Oct 1851 Ref. No: MS-Papers-0032-0675I-01. Object #1030309.) / This letter was written from Wairarapa, that is from Peretanginoa, to the Governor and his land purchase officers for Māori and Pākehā.

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