2. (loan) (modifier) party.
Nō tō rātou taenga ki reira ka whakaritea e rātou tētahi poti pāti, hei hoehoe mō mātou, i muri o te tina ka eke ētahi o mātou ki te poti ka haere ki te hoehoe... (HTK 3/2/1894:3). / When they arrived there they arranged a party boat for us to row and after lunch some of us got on the boat and went rowing...
3. (loan) (noun) party.
Kua whakatauria ko wai te kaiwhakataetae mō te tūranga a te Pāti Māori mō Te Taitokerau. / It has been decided who will contest the Māori Party seat for Northland.
2. (modifier) invading, ambushing, sneaking.
Tēnei hoki a Atareiria te noho wehi nei kei haere torohē mai te mate nei ki a rātou (MM.TKM 18/5/1859:5). / Also Australia is afraid lest this disease steal in and affect them.
3. (noun) marauding party, raiding party.
Nā i haere atu ngā torohē a ngā Hiriani, ā riro parau ana mai i a rātou tētahi kōtiro iti i te whenua o Iharaira (PT Kingi 2 5:2). / And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid.
Synonyms: marau
Pāti Māori, Te
1. (personal noun) The Māori Party - a political party led by Tāriana Tūria, Peter Sharples and Whatarangi Winiata established to promote Māori issues in the 2005 election.
See also Tōrangapū Māori, Te
Reipa
1. (loan) (noun) New Zealand Labour Party - a political party formed in 1916 to represent the interests of working people.
Synonyms: Repa
Repa
1. (loan) (noun) New Zealand Labour Party - a political party formed in 1916 to represent the interests of working people.
Synonyms: Reipa
Rōpū Reipa
1. (loan) (noun) New Zealand Labour Party - a political party formed in 1916 to represent the interests of working people.
Ko te tūmanako kia riro mā te tumuaki o te Rōpū Reipa, mā Te Hōrana, e whakatakoto te kaupapa ki te aroaro o te Pāremata (TTR 1998:219). / It was hoped that the leader of the Labour Party, Mr Holland, would present the matter to Parliament.
Rōpū Nāhinara
1. (loan) (noun) New Zealand National Party - a conservative political party established in 1936.
Synonyms: Nāhinara
rōpū
1. (noun) group, party of people, company, gang, association, entourage, committee, organisation, category.
Ko te kaiwhakahaere o tēnei rōpū ko tētahi o ngā kaiārahi tūruhi o Te Whakarewarewa (TP 6/1910:7). / The organiser of this group is one of the tourist guides at Te Whakarewarewa.
Synonyms: tōpūtanga, whakahaere, whakahaerenga, anga
rōpū tōrangapū
1. (noun) political party.
I te tau 1996 ka whakakuhuna te kaupapa whirirua hei tikanga pōti whānui, e whai wāhi ai ngā rōpū tōrangapū ririki ki roto Pāremata (Te Ara 2013). / In 1996 the mixed member proportional representation voting system was introduced whereby minority political parties can have a place in Parliament.
tāpae
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-tia) to lay one on another, stack, place before a person, lie in wait, lie in a slanting position or across, present.
He tangata atawhai nui ia ki te tāpae kai ki ngā tāngata katoa me ka tae ki tōna kāinga; e kore rawa hoki e tukua e ia te tira manuhiri kia haere ana, āpānoa kia takoto he hākari māna ki ia tangata ki ia tangata o rātou, te iti me te rahi (TWMNT 21/4/1874:95). / He was a generous person who provided food to everybody if they visited his village; he would never ever let a party of visitors leave until he had laid out a feast for each person, whether of lowly status or of importance.
Synonyms: tauwhanga, taupua, pehipehi, tauhanga, tāwhanga, whakamoho, perehana, tuku, whiu, kōparepare, hākari, tuari, koha, onāianei, whakaari, whakawhiwhi, whakahiku
2. (verb) to submit, table - a document, e.g. a petition.
Anei rā tā mātou rārangi huatau i tāpae ai ki te aroaro o ngā whakahaere, whare hoko o te motu (HM 3/1994:8). / Here are our suggestions that were submitted before the country's managers and businesses.
3. (modifier) across, slanting.
4. (noun) scout, advance party, present, ambush.
Ka haere te ope nei ka tae ki Waiharakeke, mā ruka i kā waka taua, ka waiho te matua i reira, ka tukuna ko te tāpae hei haere ki te titiro (JPS 1901:92). / This force travelled as far as Waiharakeke in their war canoes, and there left the main body, whilst the advance party went on to reconnoitre.
Synonyms: toro, torotoro, ārohi, hunuhunu, hūhunu, pūrahorua, tūtai, tūtei
tauā
1. (noun) war party, army.
See also taua
taua
1. (noun) war party, army - tauā in some dialects.
Ka ngarongaro atu te taua, ka heke ngā tāngata o Rākaipākā, ka whakaemitia ngā tinana o ngā tāngata mate, ka taongia (HP 1991:28). / When the war party disappeared, the people of Rākaipākā descended and gathered the bodies of the people killed and cooked them.
tira
1. (noun) travelling party, company of travellers, troupe, choir, ray, beam.
Ahakoa ana kupu whakatītina mai i mōhio tonu au e kore au e kaha, nō reira noho ana ko ia hei māngai mō mātou o tō mātou nā tira (HM 4/2009:1). / Despite his words of encouragement I knew I would not be able to, and so he remained as orator for us and our party.
2. (noun) mast.
Ka pakari te pūrengi ka whakawhenua te tira (PK 2008:721). / When the guy rope was firm the mast held fast.
3. (noun) wand used in rituals.
Ka tango ia ki tana tira (he toko nā te tohunga he mea whawhati mai i te rākau mata), ka tū ngā puke, he mea ahu anō ngā onepū e ngā ringa o te tohunga (G 1853:lxxxiii). / He took his wand (a stick that the tohunga had broken off a green tree) and raised mounds, which the tohunga had also made with earth.
4. (noun) baton (of a conductor).
ope
1. (verb) (-ngia,-a,-hia) to scoop, scrape together, bail out water.
Ka tae ki uta, werohia atu te kauati ki te whenua, haere tonu atu te whakarui i te kaunati, kua tū; aparia mai ngā wahie ki runga, kua kā, ope tonu i te kuku ki runga ki te ahi; kua maoa (TP 6/1906:4). / When they reached the shore the piece of wood to make fire was stuck in the ground and the pointed piece of wood was rubbed against it and once it started firewood was heaped on top and when it was burning mussels were scooped onto the fire and cooked.
2. (noun) army, troop, party, entourage, contingent - group of people moving together.
I whawhai anō ia me tana ope ki Te Pirirākau i raro i a Pene Taka i Te Whakamārama, i Kaimai, i Paengaroa (TP 8/1901:9). / He and his group also fought against Te Pirirākau under Captain Tucker at Te Whakamārama, Kaimai and Paengaroa.
