kaitoa
1. (noun) brave man, warrior.
Muri iho i te matenga o Hotupuku, ka rongo te tokomaha o ngā iwi o Rotorua, ka tonoa mai te karere a Hororita, a wai rānei, ka tae mai ki te tini kaitoa nei, ka rongo rātou, tērā anō tētahi taniwha kaitangata kei Te Awahou e noho ana (NM 1928:129). / After the death of Hotupuku many of the tribes of Rotorua heard about it, and the message of Hororita, or someone else, was sent and when it reached the many warriors they heard that there was another man-eating taniwha living at Te Awahou.