tāpui tāmaka
1. (noun) distinguished leader.
He pōkēkē Uenuku i tū ai, he tāpui tāmaka i tau ai, ko whero anake e kore e tika, erangi ko whero, ko pango, ka tika (NP 2001:109). / A rainbow stands out against dark clouds as visible as a plaited boundary marker; red alone is not meaningful but red and black is (NP 2001:109). (A whakataukī describing the importance of followers to a leader. Red stands for the leader and black for the followers.)