Pitiroi
1. (loan) (personal name) FitzRoy, Robert (1805-65) - second governor of Aotearoa/New Zealand from 1843-1845 to succeed William Hobson. FitzRoy tried to keep peace between Māori and Pākehā and acted to preserve Māori land rights.
Ko te rā i hoki ai a Kāwana Pitiroi, 1846 (Ma 1851:4). / The day that Governor Fitzroy returned, 1846.