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kaiwhakawā

1. (noun) judge, umpire, adjudicator, magistrate.

Ka tū hei āteha i te whakapaunga o te tekau tau atu i 1850. Ko ia te kaiwhakawā mō ōna iwi (TTR 1994:97). / He was appointed an assessor in the late 1850s. He was a magistrate for his people.

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Synonyms: tiāti, tiati, whakawā, whakawāwā

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