2. (noun) subject (of the Crown, etc.), follower, disciple.
I te wā i whānau ai a Kepa, i Ōtewā a Te Kooti rātau ko āna pononga Ringatū e taki noho ana (TTR 1998:34). / At the time that Kepa was born, Te Kooti and his Ringatu followers were living at Otewa.