whakapātari
1. (verb) (-a,-tia) to challenge, provoke, incite.
Haukotia ana e ngā kupu a Āpirana Ngata me ētehi atu rangatira Māori, i a rātou i kī ai kei a Waikato te tikanga mō te ingoa ka whakairia ki runga i tō rātou ariki, engari kaua rawa e whakapātari i te mana o te Karauna o Peretānia, i te mana rānei o te Pāremata o Niu Tīreni (TTR 1998:89). / Āpirana Ngata and other Māori leaders were at pains to stress that they did not mind what the Waikato people chose to bestow on their ariki, as long as he did not challenge the sovereignty of the British Crown or the Parliament of New Zealand.
Synonyms: hītaritari, pākani, pātaritari, patou, pātaitai, whakakārangirangi, whakapātaritari, whakatenetene, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakariri, whakatari, māreherehe, kōpana, pātai, pītaritari, pātari, pītari, eneene, patapatai, mukākā, whakatatari, taunanawe
2. (noun) provocation, incitement.
Ko te parekura tēnei i mutu te whakapātari pakanga a ngā iwi o Aotearoa nei ki a Te Rauparaha (TP 3/1013:6). / This was the battle that ended the warlike provocation of the tribes of New Zealand against Te Rauparaha.
Synonyms: pākani, whakapātaritari, whakatumatuma, whakahorohoro, whakariri, whakataratara, tāwai
