pākanga kiritahi
1. (modifier) closely related.
Ko Tamarau Waiari, ko ōna atu ingoa anō ko Te Mākarini Te Wharehuia, ko Te Mākarini Kaikino, otiia, he rangatira manu taupua nō ōna hapū pākanga kiritahi o Ngāti Koura, o Ngāi Te Riu, o Ngāti Muriwai, o Ngāti Hinekura nō roto o te iwi o Tūhoe (TTR 1994:113). / Tamarau Waiari, also known as Te Mākarini Te Wharehuia and Te Mākarini Kaikino, was a high ranked chief of his closely related hapū of Ngāti Koura, Ngāi Te Riu, Ngāti Muriwai and Ngāti Hinekura, within the Tūhoe tribe.
2. (noun) near relative, close relation, close kin.
Tērā anō tētehi rangatira nō Te Arawa anō ko Tohi Te Ururangi te ingoa. Nāna i hāparu ngā kōiwi o ngā tūpuna o Te Amohau i Mōtītī. Nā tēnei i tūhono ai a Haerehuka ki te tautoko i tōna pākanga kiritahi i a Te Amohau (TTR 1990:3). / There was a chief of Te Arawa called Tohi Te Ururangi. He had desecrated the bones of Te Amohau's ancestors on Mōtītī. It was because of this that Haerehuka joined his close relation, Te Amohau.
Synonyms: tahu
