tū atu, tū mai
1. alternating speakers between tangata whenua and manuhiri at a pōhiri as in the system used on marae in Te Arawa and Waikato. In most other tribal areas the system called pāeke is used where all the local speakers speak first.
Ko te kawa o Tainui he tau whakautuutu, tū atu tū mai (TWK 46:8). / Tainui's protocol is for alternating speakers.
