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poutoko

1. (noun) male New Zealand sea lion, male Hooker's sea lion, Phocarctos hookeri - larger than the New Zealand fur seal, it has small, obvious ears and can move on land on all fours. The male is heavily-built, with a thick coat of dark brown hair.

See also kautakoa

Synonyms: kautakoa, whakahao, kake, kakerangi, rāpoka


2. (noun) leader.

I a ia e tupu ake ana i te kāinga o Te Karaka, ā, atu i te tau 1904, i te kāinga pātata mai nei, i Whakarapa, i tino kawekawea ake ai a Whina e ngā mahi a tōna matua, he poutoko nei mō tōna iwi (TTR 2000:56). / While growing up at the village of Te Karaka and, from 1904, the adjacent settlement of Whakarapa, Whina was profoundly influenced by her father’s roles as a community leader.

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See also poutoko iwi

Synonyms: kaiārahi, kaiārahi, kākākura, kākākura, pouwhenua, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, kaiwhakataki, wheao, wheao, tumuaki, tumuaki, tumu whakarae, tumu whakarae, kaiarataki, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, uru, kaihautū, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manukura, kaiwhakanekeneke, tātāriki, tātāriki, amokapua, amokura, ariki, ariki, ihorei, ihorei, kahika, kahika, tātarariki, tātarariki, whakataka, whakataka, amorangi, kaitaki, hautū, hautū, amorangi, kaitātaki, manu taupua, kaitaki, kaitātaki

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