whakakapi
1. (verb) (-a) to fill up (a space), occupy, replace, stand as a substitute.
I te tau 1898 i tuhi ia ki 'Te Puke Ki Hikurangi', te nūpepa i whakakapi i tāna, ki te whakaputa i ōna whakaaro mō te whakahaere o te kaupapa o te Kotahitanga (TTR 1994:31). / In 1898 he wrote to 'Te Puke ki Hikurangi', his paper's successor, expressing his views on the performance of the Kotahitanga movement.
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to conclude, complete, close, finish (speeches, writing, lectures) - especially in the sense of tying together the ideas that have been said or written earlier or by other speakers.
3. (noun) cover, substitute, successor, replacement.
Mā te Kāwana e whakatū atu tētahi perehitini hei whakakapi mōna (TWMNT 30/10/1872:140). / The Governor will appoint a president as his replacement.
