pākati
1. (verb) (-a) to block, impede, obstruct.
I te whaitua o te 4,000 te huhua o te taua mautohe i whakatika atu ki Waitangi; e tūmanako ana kia tūtaki atu ki te Kāwana Tianara a David Beattie, eaoia pākatia atu i te piriti i Waitangi (Te Ara 2015). / Around 4,000 protesters set out for Waitangi, hoping to meet with the Governor-General David Beattie, but they were blocked at the bridge at Waitangi.
Synonyms: kōpeka, kōpekapeka, kati, taupā, taupare, pā, whakakōroiroi, whakapā, whakahōtaetae, ngihangiha, ārai, aukati, hōtaetae, tāiha, taipuru, ārei
