2. (modifier) stealing, robbing, pilfering, thieving.
Mai i te whakapono Pai Mārire tae atu ki tērā i Parihaka, ka tukitukia ngā whakapono e ngā kāwanatanga kaiā whenua (Te Ara 2014). / From Pai Mārire to that at Parihaka, the faiths were met with antagonism by governments stealing land.
3. (noun) thief, robber, crook, theft, dispossession.
Nā ngā pakanga me te raupatu ka noho rōrā ētahi iwi. Ka haere te kaiā o te whenua i ngā hoko, ngā whakahaere a te Kōti Whenua Māori, ngā tikanga whakahaere whenua hou me ngā ture whenua (Te Ara 2014). / The wars and land confiscations left some tribes powerless, while the dispossession of land through purchase, the operations of the Native Land Court, new patterns of land use and land laws, continued.
Synonyms: whānako, māhurehure, tāhae, keiā, pāhua
4. (noun) burr, bidibid, Acaena anserinifolia - a common creeping native plant with toothed leaves, white flowers like a spiky ball and fruit of green burrs, turning reddish brown.
See also hutiwai
Synonyms: kaiārurerure, hutiwai, piripiri, piriwhetau, kaikaiārure, pirikahu
