kaiarataki
1. (noun) leader.
Ka tono ia ki ngā kaiarataki o Ngā Puhi o taua wā, kei te hanatu a ia, arā, kua whai pū hoki a Ngāti Porou (TTR 1990:385). / He informed the leaders of Ngā Puhi of that time that he was going there, implying that Ngāti Porou also had guns.
Synonyms: manu taupua, kaitaki, kaitātaki, kaiārahi, kākākura, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, wheao, tumuaki, tumu whakarae, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manukura, kaiwhakanekeneke, tātāriki, amokapua, amokura, ariki, ihorei, kahika, tātarariki, poutoko, whakataka, amorangi, hautū
