kaiwhiriwhiri
1. (noun) negotiator, organiser.
Ko ia anō hoki tētehi o ngā kaiwhiriwhiri nā ā rātau whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro i tae atu ai te huarahi tereina ki Rotorua i te tekau tau mai i 1880 (TTR 1994:123). / He was also one of the negotiators in the discussions which brought the railway line to Rotorua in the 1880s.
Synonyms: kaiwhakarite, takawaenga, kaiwhakahaere
2. (noun) selector.
He maha ngā tau e noho ana ia hei kaiwhiriwhiri mō te tīma o te rerewhenua o Aotearoa (TTR 2000:6). / For many years he was a selector for the New Zealand Railways team.
Synonyms: kaikōwhiri
