2. (noun) affairs, concerns, business.
Hei konei e hine, e tama rānei, e haere ana ahau ki ngā kaipakihi a te tāne (W 1971:89). / Farewell my (unborn) daughter or son, I'm off to do the business of men.
3. (noun) business.
Ātetehia ana a Mōnita e ngā pēke tauhokohoko o te rohe, e ngā kaipakihi, tae atu ki te Tari mō ngā Take Māori, engari nā tana kaha i whiwhi painga ai te hunga rawa kore (TTR 2000:54). / Mōnita was opposed by local trading banks and businesses and even the Department of Māori Affairs, but because of his tenacity the less well off benefited.
