2. (noun) chief of the highest rank, paramount chief, executive producer, chief executive, leader.
Mai rānō i te taenga mai o te waka o Mātaatua ki Aotearoa, kātahi anō ētahi o ngā iwi o Mātaatua ka hui ngātahi, ā, kāore i mahue i a Waaka te wero i ngā tumu whakarae o ia iwi, me ka hurumutu tonu, aue, taukiri e (TTR 2000:232-233). / This was the first time that the various Mātaatua peoples had met together since the original landing of the canoe in New Zealand, and Waaka challenged the highest ranked chiefs of each tribe that it not be the last.
Synonyms: kāhu tātara, toihau, ariki taungaroa, ariki tapairu, ariki tauaroa, pouwhenua, kaiwhakataki, wheao, tumuaki, kaiarataki, kaikākāriki, ngārahu, tētēkura, uru, kaihautū, kaitakitaki, kaingārahu, manu taupua, kaiwhakanekeneke, tātāriki, amokapua, amokura, ariki, ihorei, kahika, tātarariki, poutoko, whakataka, amorangi, hautū, manukura, kaitaki, kaitātaki, kaiārahi, kākākura
