1. (noun) stepfather.
Meinga ana ko tana pāpā whakaangi, ko Nōpera Te Kawa te kaiwhakahaere i reira, me tana kōkā, me Maraea te kaitaka kai (TTR 2000:130). / There his stepfather, Nōpera Te Kawa, was the supervisor, and his mother, Maraea, was the caterer.
See also whakaangi
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