tiāti
1. (loan) (noun) judge.
See also tiati
Synonyms: tiati, whakawā, whakawāwā, kaiwhakawā
tiati
1. (loan) (noun) judge.
I ui mai a Te Hīni ki te Pāremata, mehemea kua tae mai ngā kōrero o ngā tiati o te Kōti whakawā whenua Māori (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Mr Sheehan asked Parliament if the deliberations of the judges of the Māori Land Court had arrived.
Synonyms: tiāti, whakawā, whakawāwā, kaiwhakawā
Tiati
1. (loan) (personal noun) Judge (title).
Hau ana tōna rongo mō te wāhanga i mahia e ia , arā, te whakatōpū i ngā taitara whenua o te Māori me ō te Karauna i Te Urewera, ā, nō reira i mahi ia hei kaiwhakamāori mā Tiati H.H. Carr rāua ko R.J. Knight o te Tari Rūri Whenua (TTR 1996:97). / His fame spread for the part he played in the consolidation of Māori and Crown titles in the Urewera district, and so he acted as translator for Judge H.H. Carr and R.J. Knight of the Lands and Survey Department.
