apataki
1. (noun) retinue, following, entourage, client base, customer base.
Ka mutu nei te tauwehe o ngā apataki o te Rōpū Rātana o te takiwā nei ki te Rōpū Reipa, tū ana a Tiaki hei kaiwhakauru mō te Rōpū Reipa i te pōtitanga mō te tūru o Te Tai Rāwhiti i te tau 1943 (TTR 1998:123). / When the split between the followers of Rātana and the Labour Party ended, Tiaki stood as the Labour candidate for the Eastern Māori seat in 1943.
