kokoraho
1. (verb) (-tia) to take for oneself, claim for oneself, claim title to.
Nō te tau 1906 ka uru a Keita ki tētahi tautohe ki a Pīmia Aata e pā ana ki te tuakiritanga o Te Ratu. Ko te whakaatu mai a Kāpene Kuki i tana pukapuka o 1769, he upoko ariki te tangata nei nō Tūranga. I kokoraho a Pīmia he tipuna taua tangata nōna (TTR 1994:207). / In 1906 Kate became involved in a controversy with Pīmia Aata (Euphemia Arthur) concerning the identity of Te Ratu. In Captain James Cook's 1769 journal he showed that this man was the paramount chief of Gisborne. Pīmia claimed that that man was her ancestor.
See also kerēme
2. (noun) claim, ownership claim.
Nā ēnei hononga ōna i kaha ai tōna awe i roto i ngā uri o ēnei iwi, me te whakamana anō hoki i tāna kokoraho ki ngā poraka whenua mai i te awa o Ngaruroro ki te awa o Manawatū (TTR 1990:11). / These connections of hers strengthened her influence with these descent groups, and also validated her ownership claim in land blocks from the Ngaruroro to the Manawatū rivers.
See also kerēme
