kaitono
1. (noun) sender, applicant, candidate (applicant), claimant, plaintiff.
Ahakoa i haere tonu ana mahi whakairo, i pau kē ōna kaha ki ngā whakahaere a te Kōti Whenua Māori. He wā e noho āteha ana, he wā ko ia tonu te kaitono (TTR 1990:261). / Although he continued to carve, more of his energy was used in Native Land Court hearings. Sometimes he was an assessor, at other times a claimant.
Synonyms: kaituku, kaiwhakapae