1. (noun) champion, advocate, promoter, supporter, backer, upholder, winner.
I a Malietoa i te kura ko ia te whakaihuwaka mō te whakataetae nei, mō te mekemeke (TTR 2000:90). / While Malietoa was at school he was the boxing champion.
Synonyms: tautīnei, kaiwhakahau, kawau mārō, kaihāpai, kaitaunaki, aumangea
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