whakamāori ataata: [legal terms]
sources include, but not limited to: The Maori Legal Corpus, Victoria University
| te reo | english |
|---|---|
| abate | māhaki |
| abate | mārie |
| abate | māriri |
| abate | mauru |
| abduct | kahaki |
| abduct | kāhakitia |
| abortion | kuka |
| abortion | materoto |
| absence | kei te āhua korekore |
| absence | kore |
| absence | kore e tae mai |
| absence | korenga |
| absolute | mārika |
| absolute authority | mana tino rangatira |
| abut | āki |
| abut | kāpīpiti |
| abut | karipapa |
| accede | eke |
| acceptance | haratau |
| acceptance | manakohanga |
| accession | ekenga |
| accessory | akihehori |
| accessory to crime | kaiuru hara |
| accident | hauata |
| accident | mate |
| accident compensation corporation | komihana āwhina hunga whara |
| accident compensation corporation | komihana āwhina i te hunga i aituātia |
| accident compensation corporation | kaporeihana awhina hunga whara |
| accomplice | hoa hara |
| account | kaute |
| accountancy | mahinga kaute |
| accountant | kai maka whika |
| accountant | kai tuhi whika |
| accounting | mahi kāute |
| accounts receivable | kaute nama atu |
| accusation | kupu whakapae |
| acre | eka |
| act of land confiscation | hunga mahi muru whenua |
| ad infinitum | ake tonu atu |
| adjacent | āta piri |
| adjourn | hiki |
| adjourn | hiki |
| adjourned sine dia | hiki mo tona wā |
| adjudicate | kooti |
| administrator | kaiwhakarite |
| adoption | atawhai |
| adultery | hemahema |
| adultery | moe tāhae |
| adultery | moepuku |
| adversary | hoariri |
| advisor | kaitohutohu |
| advocate | kaitaunaki |
| advocated | kauhau |
| age | koroua |
| age | kuia |
| agent | aehana |
| agent | aihana |
| agent | eihana |
| agent | atarangi |
| agent | hoa kaiwhakahaere |
| agent | kaiwhakahaere |
| agent | māngai |
| agent of the crown | kaiwhakahaere o te karauna |
| agm | hui ā tau |
| agreement | kupu whakaae |
| aircraft carrier | kawe rererangi |
| aircraft carrier | manuao hari waka rererangi |
| alias | ingoa tango |
| alias | ingoa whakakino |
| alienate | hoatu |
| alienated | ke tuku pewhea |
| alienee | kaitango |
| all practicable steps | mahinga katoa e taea ana |
| amendment | menemana |
| analyst | kaitātari |
| ancestor | kahika |
| ancestor | kau |
| ancestor | kohika |
| ancillary | āpiti |
| annexed | apititia |
| annuity | moni ā tau |
| antarctica | kōpaka runga |
| antarctica | moana-a-tia |
| antevesting date | managa mai |
| apartheid | kāwana kaikiri |
| appellant | kaipīra |
| applicant | kaitono |
| applicant | kaiwhakapae |
| appoint | hoatu tūranga |
| appointee | kopounga |
| appointment | kopou |
| appointment | kopoutanga |
| apprehension | hopukanga |
| apprehension | hopunga |
| aquaculture | ahumoana |
| arbiter | kaiwhakatau |
| arbitration | apitireihana |
| arbitration | huarahi whakatau |
| architect | kaihoahoa |
| architect | kaiwhakahoahoa |
| architect | kaimahere |
| arrest | hāmene |
| arrest | hopu e te ture |
| arrest | hopukina e te ture |
| article | kupu tohu |
| aspirations | hiahia |
| assault | huaki |
| assessed | e tika ana kia utua |
| assessor | āteha |
| assessor | kai whakarite ture |
| assessors court | kooti āteha |
| asset | hua |
| assignors | kaituku |
| assigns | huaina |
| associated respondent | hoa o te kaiwhakautu |
| assurance | kupu tūturu |
| asylum seeker | kairapu whakarurutanga |
| attorney-general | atoni henera |
| attorney-general | atone henara |
| auction | akehana |
| auction | maketetanga |
| auctioneer | kai hoko akihana |
| audit | kaute moni |
| authentication | hāponotanga |
| author | kaitito |
| authority | kai whakahaere ture |
| authority | kanoi |
| authority | mana |
| authority | mana whakaae |
| authority | manatū |
| authority | mana-ā-rohe |
| authority and jurisdiction over people | mana tangata |
| authority and title over land and other taonga | mana whenua |
| authority over a defined area of sea | mana moana |
| authority over a defined area of sea | mana-ā-tai |
| authority over an defined area of land | mana-ā-uta |
| authority to speak on behalf of a community or people | mana kōrero |
| autonomy | mana motuhake |
| aware | matāra |
| bailiff | kaituku hāmene |
| balance sheet | āhua o te pūtea |
| ballot | māpere |
| bank account | kaute peke |
| banker | kai mahi moni |
| banker | kai tiaki peke takotoranga moni |
| bankrupt | kaihau |
| bankruptcy court | kooti pēkerapu |
| bear interest | a mana e apiti mai |
| become a king | kingi |
| become the queen | kuini |
| beneficial use | mahia |
| beneficiary | huanga |
| beneficiary | kaipānga |
| beneficiary | kaiwhiwhi painga |
| beneficiary | kaiwhiwhi takuhe |
| best interests | mea tika |
| bias | haukume |
| bias | mānihi |
| binding contract | kirimana paihere |
| body corporate | aka whaiaro |
| body corporate | kamupene |
| bona fide purpose of ascertaining and verifying… | kia ahei ai te mohio ki… |
| borrower | kai nama |
| boundary | aukati |
| boundary | kaha |
| boundary | kati |
| boundary | kereteke |
| boundary | kotikōti |
| boundary | kotinga |
| breach | mokotawhā |
| breach | mokowā |
| bring an action | akihana |
| building societies | hunga whai pānga |
| cabinet minister | minita |
| call-overs | hui whakarite i te keehi |
| cancellation | haukoti |
| candidate | kaiwhakauru |
| canon | kēnana |
| capacity | kahapupuri |
| capital | haupu rawa |
| capital | kapitara |
| capital gains | moni hua |
| captain | kapene |
| captured | hopukia |
| carrier | kaiamo |
| carrier | kaimau |
| casual employment | mahi kohikohiko |
| caution | kupu tūpato |
| caveat emptor | kia tupato to kaihoko |
| cede | momotu |
| census | kaute nui |
| cestuis qui trustent | hunga e tū ana |
| chairman | heamana |
| charge | kupu whakawā |
| charge | here ā-utu |
| cheque | haki |
| cheque | haki pēke |
| chief assessor | āteha matua |
| chief justice | kai-whakarite-whakawā tumuaki |
| chieftainship | arikitanga |
| circumstances or qualities of being māori | māoritanga |
| citation | kupu hautoa |
| citizen | hitihena |
| citizen | iwi whenua |
| citizen | kai noho taone |
| civil | hiwhiri |
| civil injury | hara hiwhiri |
| civil servant | kaimahi kāwanatanga |
| civil summons | hāmene-hiwhiri |
| civil union partner | hoa hononga ā-ture |
| claim | kēhi |
| claim | kokoraho |
| claim to land | mātaotao |
| claimants | kaikēreme |
| codicil | apitinga ki te wira |
| coercion | ainga |
| collective contract | kirimana ā-tōpū |
| collector | kaihokohoko |
| colonial secretary | koronia hekeretari |
| colony | koroni |
| colony | korone |
| commerce commission | kohimana tauhokohoko |
| commercial | arumoni |
| commercial agreement | kirimana pakihi |
| commission | komihana |
| commission | mana āpiha |
| commission of inquiry | komihana rangahau |
| commissioner | kaikomihana |
| commissioner of land claims | kai wakarite o ngā whenua |
| commit adultery | kaikairau |
| committal of a bill to select committee | kōmititia |
| committee | kōmiti |
| committee of appeal | kooti pira |
| committee stage | kōmititanga |
| common seal | hiiri |
| common seal | hīri |
| community | hāpori |
| company director | kaiwhakahaere umanga |
| compensation | kamupeneheihana |
| compensation | moni kapeneheihana |
| competence | āheinga |
| competence | momoho |
| complainant | kaiamuamu |
| complaint | amuamu |
| compounds | hanga tikanga |
| concealment | hunanga |
| concern | anipā |
| condition | aroaro |
| conditional | heipūtanga |
| conditional purchase agreement | kirimana hoko whai here |
| confidential | matatapu |
| confiscation | mahi raupatu |
| conflict of interest | mahi kāi huanga |
| congregating and assembling | hui |
| consider | matutu |
| conspiracy | hara whakatupu |
| conspiracy | kanapirahi |
| conspiracy | kara |
| constable | katipa |
| constitution | kaupapa a-ture |
| constitution | kaupapatanga |
| constitutional arrangements | kirimana ā-noho tahi |
| consul | kairauhi |
| consul general | kairauhi matua |
| consumer | kaihoko mai |
| contract | kānataraka |
| contract | kataraka |
| contract | kirimana |
| contract | kirimene |
| contract | konotaraka |
| contract for the disposition of land | kirimana tuku whenua |
| conversion | hurihanga |
| conversion arrangements | mahi whakamoni paanga maramara |
| convicted | mau i te ture |
| cooperation | mahitahi |
| copy | kape |
| copyright | mana pupuri |
| copyright | manatā |
| copyright | manatarua |
| coroner | kaitirotiro matewhawhati |
| coroner | kaiwhakamātau tūpāpaku |
| coroner | kaiwhakawā mō ngā tūpāpaku |
| coroner | kaiwhakawā o te kōti mo ngā tupapaku |
| coroners court | kōti mo ngā tupapaku |
| coroners court | kōti ui |
| coroners court | kōti uiui |
| coroners court | kooti a te kaiwhakamātau tūpāpaku |
| corporation | koporeihana |
| council | kaunehera |
| councillors | mema kaunihera |
| counsel | hunga rōia |
| counsel | hunga wawao |
| counsel | kai wawao |
| counsel | kaiāwhina |
| counsel | kaimāngai ture |
| counsel | kaiwawao |
| counsel | māngai ture |
| counterclaim | kerēme tāwari |
| counterfeit | hanga hianga |
| counterpart | hāngaitanga |
| court | kōti ture |
| court | kōti |
| court | kooti |
| court clerk | karaka |
| court martial | kooti whakawā hōia |
| court of appeal | kōti pīra |
| court of appeal | kōti whakawā tuarua |
| court of competent jurisdiction | kōti whaimana |
| court summons | hāmene ā-kōti |
| courts | kōti a tauiwi |
| covenant | kawenata |
| creditor | kai tuku moni |
| creditor | kaitukunama |
| crime | māhie |
| criminal | ā-hara |
| criminal | kirimina |
| criminal offence | hara kirimina |
| criminal registrar | kairēhita ā-hara |
| cross examination | mahi uiui marire |
| crown entity | hinonga karauna |
| crown of england | karauna o ingarangi |
| culture | ahurea |
| current asset | hua watea |
| custody | mana pupuri tamariki |
| de facto partner | hoa moe māori |
| debenture | kirimananama |
| debt collection agency | kamupene kohikohi nama |
| debtor | kaitangonama |
| decision | kupu whakatau |
| declaration | kupu whakaatu pono |
| deed | mahinga |
| defamation | heitara |
| defamation | kōrero tara |
| default | hapa |
| default summons | hāmene whakaea nama |
| defect | makenu |
| defence | karo |
| defence | kaupare hoariri |
| defendant | kaikaro |
| defendant | kaitawari |
| demeanour | āhua |
| democracy | kāwanatanga ā iwi |
| democracy | manapori |
| deposition | kuhinga kōrero tautoko |
| depositor | kai kawe moni |
| depreciation | haekenga uara |
| depreciation | hekenga wāriu |
| descendant | aitanga |
| descendant | mangainga |
| descendant | mokopuna |
| descendant | momo |
| design | hoa |
| detained | me pupuru |
| detained | aukatingia |
| development | mahi ahuwhenua |
| dignity | āhua rangatira |
| director | kaiwhakahaere matua |
| disability | mana kore |
| discharge a debt | ea |
| discount | hekenga utu |
| discount | hoko whakaiti |
| disinterment | hahunga |
| dispensation | āta whakaako |
| dispose | hoko atu |
| distress warrant | mana muru |
| distributor | kiritoha |
| district committees | kōmiti o ngā rohe |
| district council | kaunihera ā-rohe |
| district court | kōti ā-rohe |
| district court | kōti-a-rohe |
| district court | kōti ā-takiwā |
| district court judge | kaiwhakawā-a-rohe |
| disturbance | āheihei |
| disturbance | manioro |
| dividend | hua pakihi ki te hunga whai tiri |
| dividends | karawarawa i ngā moni hua |
| draft | hanga |
| drunkeness | mahi haurangi |
| due diligence | mamahitanga tika |
| due process | kia tika te ture |
| duties | kawenga mahi |
| easement | mana whai |
| elect | kowhiri |
| elector | kaipōti |
| embargo | herepū |
| empire | emepaea |
| employee | kaimahi |
| employee | kaitāuteute |
| employer | kaitukumahi |
| employer | kaiwhakawhiwhi mahi |
| employment | mahi |
| employment court | kōti mahi |
| employment court | kooti a te mahi |
| enacted | meingatia |
| entertainment | hākari |
| entitled | e whai tikanga ana |
| environment court | kōti taiao |
| environment court | kooti a te taiao |
| esquire | ekoea |
| esquire | hekoea |
| ethnic targeting | aronga ā-iwi |
| european native agent | kaiwhakahaere pakeha |
| evidence | kōrero pukapuka |
| evidence | kōrero me ngā tuhinga |
| evidence | kōrero pā mai |
| evidence brief | kupu kōrero |
| except | haunga |
| exclude | kapea |
| exclusion clause | kupu tīpoka |
| execution | hanganga [tiiti] |
| executive | kaunihera whakahaere a te kāwanatanga |
| executor | kaiwhakahaere wira |
| exploitation | mahi nanakia |
| export | ki tawahi |
| extortion | apo |
| face to face | kanohi ki te kanohi |
| fair trading | hokohoko tika |
| FALSE | horihori |
| false statement | kōrero teka |
| false word | kupu mamika |
| family court | kōti ā whānau |
| family court | kooti a te whanau |
| family court judge | kaiwhakawā koti-a-whanau |
| family encumbrances | hūnuku |
| fault | haku |
| fault | hakua |
| felony | hara kōhuru |
| file | konae |
| fires of occupation | ahi mataotao |
| fires of occupation | ahi tahutahu |
| fiscal envelope | kōpaki o te karauna |
| fishing grounds | mahinga mātaitai |
| fixed asset | hua pūmau |
| food gathering place | mahinga kai |
| forcible abduction of a woman | kawe motu |
| forebear | kauwheke |
| forensic | e pā ana ki te whare whakawā |
| foresee events | matakite |
| foreseeability | kitea wawe |
| founding document | kaupapa matua |
| franchise | mana pōti |
| fraud | hoko tāhae |
| freedom of association | mana whakauru |
| friendly societies | hunga hoahoa |
| frivolous | hanga noaiho |
| full authority | mana whiu |
| general | henera |
| good faith principle | kaupapa pono |
| goods | hautaonga |
| goods | kame |
| governance | mana whakahaere |
| government | kāwana |
| government | kāwanataka |
| government interpreter | kai whakamāori o te kawanatanga |
| governor general | kāwana henera |
| governor general | kāwana nui |
| governor-general | kāwana tianara |
| grand jury | huuri nui |
| grant | karāti |
| grant | karaati |
| grant | karaatiti |
| grant | koha āwhina |
| grant a crown grant | karauna karāti |
| grounds on which a claim was based | kaupapa mo aua keehi |
| guarantee | kī taurangi |
| guarantee | kupu taurangi |
| guarantor | kaituku kupu taurangi |
| guarantor | kaiwhakaoati |
| guardian | hunga tiaki |
| guardian | kaitiaki runaka |
| guardianship | kaitiakitanga |
| guardianship | mana tiaki |
| guilty | mau tangetange |
| habitat | kāinga |
| harassment | inonoti |
| heirloom | kura |
| held in trust | here kai-tiaki |
| hereditaments | heretitamete |
| high commission | kainga māngai kawanatanga |
| high commissioner | māngai kāwanatanga |
| high court | kōti matua |
| high court | kōti teitei |
| high court | kooti teitei |
| hit and run | aituā whara |
| hold in perpetuity | mau |
| honour | hōnore |
| ignorance | kūare |
| illegal | hē |
| illegal | hē a-ture |
| illegal purchase | hoko hē |
| illnesses and disabilities primarily affecting māori people and which have a spiritual origin | mate māori |
| immigrants | kaiheke |
| immigration | manene |
| imprison | mauhere |
| imprison without authority | mihipirihana |
| imprisonment | mauhere i te tangata |
| imprisonment | maunga herehere |
| in lieu | hei riiwhi |
| inadmissible | e kore e whakaaea |
| incest | irawaru |
| incest | kaikaiātara |
| incest | kai-whiore |
| income | moni hua mai |
| incorporated society | manatopu |
| incrimination | kirimini |
| indictable offence | hara kōti matua |
| indictment | hāmene whakapae |
| indictment | iniraimene |
| indictment | iniraiti |
| indigenous people | iwi taketake |
| indigenous rights | mana tangata whenua |
| informant | kaiwhaaki |
| infractions | hara ririki |
| infringement offences | hara |
| injured | kinotia |
| injury prevention | ārai whara |
| injustice | kino |
| innocence | harakore |
| inquest | hui uiui mo te tupapaku |
| inquest officer | āpiha uiui mo te tupāpaku |
| insanity | āhua porangi |
| inspection | ārohi |
| inspection | mātakitanga |
| inspection | mātātakitanga |
| inspector | kaitirotiro |
| inspector | kaititiro |
| insurance | inihua |
| intention | aronga |
| intention | koronga |
| interest | moni apiti |
| interest | hua itareti |
| interest | initarete |
| interest | itareti |
| interim | mo tēnei wā |
| international businesses | hunga kaipakihi o te ao |
| interpreter | kaiwhakamaori |
| intestate | kore wira |
| introduce | kōkiri |
| investment | haumi pūtea |
| investment | haumi |
| iwi control over the sea | manamoana |
| jointly liable | herenga tautokorua |
| judgment | ki-whakawā |
| judicial committee | kōmiti ture |
| jurisdiction | mana tirohanga |
| jurisdiction | mana o te kooti |
| jury | huri |
| jury | huuri |
| jury | huri-whakauru |
| jury | kōmiti whakawā |
| jury | hunga whakawā |
| justice | haepapa |
| justice | hatihi |
| justice of the peace | kai whakawā hatihi |
| justice of the peace | kaiwhakawā mana iti |
| justice of the peace | kaiwhakawā tumatanui |
| justice of the peace | mana whakaāio |
| justice select committee | kōmiti whaiti ā-ture |
| labour | mamahi |
| land claim | kerēme whenua |
| land holder | kaipupuri whenua |
| land management trust | ahu whenua |
| land over which rights are held by more than one iwi | kāinga tautohe |
| landcare research | manaaki whenua |
| landlord | kaituku rihi |
| law teacher | kai whakaako ture |
| law-abider | kai mahi ture |
| lawgiver | kai whakatakoto ture |
| law-giver | kai hoatu ture |
| lay-by | hoko tapui |
| legal | a-ture |
| legal adviser | hoa rōia |
| legal advisor | kaitohutohu āhuatanga ture |
| legal advisor | kaiwhakamahuki ture |
| legal advisor | kaiwhakamārama ture |
| legal aid | awhina pūtea rōia |
| legal aid | awhina ture |
| legal aid | awhina-a-moni |
| legal court | kōti whakamana |
| legal executive | kaiwhakahaere ture |
| legal information | kōrero ture |
| legal obligations | kawenga |
| legal process | hātepe ture |
| legal representative | kai māngai a ture |
| legislation | hanganga ture |
| lend | hoatu taurewa |
| lending powers | mana tuku moni |
| lessee | kai utu rēti |
| lessee | kaitango rīhi |
| lessee | kai riihi whenua |
| lessor | kairīhi |
| lessor | kaituku i te rīhi |
| lessor | kaitukurīhi |
| lessor | kai riihi |
| liability | eketanga kaumahatanga |
| libel | kupu whakakino |
| licensed interpreter | kaiwhakamāori whai raihana |
| life principle | mauri |
| life-force | mauri-ora |
| life-force | mauri ora |
| line of descent | aho |
| line of descent | kāwai |
| line of descent | kāwei |
| line of descent | hiwi |
| liquor restrictions | kati mo te waipiro i whakakorea |
| litigation | kerēme |
| local authority | mana ā rohe |
| local committee chairman | kai kōmiti kaainga |
| local self government | kāwanatanga-ā-rohe |
| long-term investment | haumi roroa |
| look after | manaakitia |
| loss | makeretanga |
| loyalists | kupapa |
| maintenance | moni |
| make convictions | hāmenehia tonu te hunga hara |
| make laws | hanga ture |
| malice | kaikino |
| malpractice | maukino |
| management | mahi whakarite |
| mandamus | manateihama |
| mandate | mana kokiri |
| manslaughter | hara patu |
| manslaughter | matenga pokerehū |
| māori affairs committee | kōmiti mō ngā mea māori |
| māori council | kaunihera māori |
| māori land administrator | kaiwhakahaere mo ngā whenua maori |
| māori land court | kōti whakawā whenua māori |
| māori land court | kooti whakawā whenua maori |
| māori land court assessors | kaiāpiha |
| māori local authorities | kōmiti-a-iwi |
| māori tradition | āhuatanga māori |
| māori trustee | kaitiaki māori |
| mareva injunction | aukati i te hokohua pakihi |
| marine reserve | āpure moana |
| market | mākete |
| marriage | mari |
| married | marena |
| marry | marina |
| measure | meiha |
| mediation | mahi takawaenga |
| mediation conference | hui takawaenga |
| mediator | kaitakawaenga |
| mediator | kaiwawao takawaenga |
| member of the house of representatives | mema o te rūnanga nui |
| members of parliament | mema pāremata |
| memorandum | memoriara |
| memorial | memoriara whakamaharatanga take |
| merger | hanumitanga |
| migration | heke |
| minister of education | minita mō ngā kura |
| minister of lands | minita mō ngā whenua |
| minister of māori affairs | minita māori |
| minister of public works | minita mō ngā mahi nunui |
| ministry of transport | manatu waka |
| minor offence | hara iti |
| minor offence | hara namunamu |
| minor offence | haraiti |
| minutes | miniti |
| misconduct | mahi he |
| misdemeanor | mihitimina |
| mistake | hēanga |
| money changer | kai hohoko moni |
| money changer | kaiwhakariterite moni |
| money paid for the use of borrowed money | huamoni |
| moneys from alienation | moni hoko whenua riihi |
| morsels | mokamoka |
| mortgage | mōkete |
| mortgagee | kai mōkete |
| mortgagee | kaitangomōkete |
| mortgagor | kaitukumōkete |
| murder | kōhuru |
| murder | kōhurutanga |
| murder | kōhurutia |
| murder | mate |
| murderer | kaikōhuru |
| national archives of new zealand | huinga puranga o te motu |
| nationality | iwi tūturu |
| native appellate court | kōti pīra whenua māori |
| native circuit court | kooti māori |
| native circuit court | kōti whakawā |
| native commonage | kainga māori |
| native land court | kōti whenua māori |
| native minister | minita o te mahi a te kawanataka |
| native owners | māori whaitake |
| natural death | mate tarāwhare |
| nature of the care | āhuatanga ā-tiaki |
| negligence | mahue noa |
| neighbour | hoa noho |
| neighbour | kiritata |
| no claim as of right | kāore he mana motuhake |
| not guilty | kāore au i hara |
| not negotiable | he rau tahua |
| not negotiable | kaua i tua atu i te ingoa e mau nei |
| not negotiable | kia tapu |
| notice | kupu whakaatu |
| novelty | mea tauhou |
| nuisance | hōhā |
| nuisance | kīrea |
| nuisances | mea kikino |
| null and void | kaua e mana |
| numerous forms of misbehaviour | hara huhua |
| nz government gazette | kāhiti |
| objection | kupu whakahē |
| objection | epa |
| objectionable | houhou |
| objector? | kaiwhakahe |
| observer | kaimātakitaki |
| offence of eating food products from restricted lands | kai-parapara |
| officer | apeha |
| officer | apiha |
| officer | arahi |
| officer | awhiha |
| officers | apiha mahi |
| official | kiriwahina |
| official | atoato |
| onus | here |
| open principled trustworthy dialogue by rangatira with authority to commit their iwi | kōrero rangatira |
| opinion | huatau |
| option | kōpeka |
| oral agreement | kirimana a-waha |
| organisation | mahi whakaharere |
| parent | heinga |
| parole | kupu pono |
| partitions | mahi wehewehe paanga whenua |
| partner | hoa pātui |
| partnership | kupu ā-noho tahi |
| partnership | mahi tahi |
| partnership agreement | kirimana hoa pakihi |
| patent | ārai |
| penalise | hara tautuku |
| pension claim | kerēme penihana |
| perjurer | kai oati teka |
| permanent member | mema tawhito |
| perpetuity | mō ake tonu atu |
| person of māori descent | māori |
| petition | kuputono |
| petitioner | kai inoi |
| petitioner | kaipitihana |
| plea in mitigation | inoi whakangāwari i te taumaha o te whiu |
| pleadings | inoitanga |
| police constable | katipa pirihimana |
| police detention legal assistance | kaupapa āwhina i te tangata kua mauheretia e te rōpū pirihimana |
| police magistrate | kaumātua whakarite |
| politician | kaitorangapu |
| power | awe |
| power | hono |
| power | maru |
| powers | kawe mana |
| powers | mana |
| preamble | kupu whakamahuki |
| preamble | kupu whakamarama |
| pre-emption | mana hoko |
| preliminary agreement | kirimana whakataki |
| preliminary remarks | kupu timatanga |
| prescribed | huarahi e whakaritea ana |
| prestige | ihi |
| preventive detention | mau ki te herehere |
| principal agent | kai mahi |
| principles of the treaty | mātāpono o te tiriti |
| prior powers | mana turaki |
| prison sentence | mauhere hāmene |
| privy council | kaunihera a te kuini o ingarangi |
| pro se | mona ake |
| probation officer | matakana |
| pro-bono | kore-utu |
| procedure | huarahi |
| procedure | manatūnga |
| promise | kupu |
| promise | kupu pūmau |
| property | mea |
| property occupancy agreement | kirimana-ā-rawa ahikā |
| proposal | marohi |
| prosecutor | kaiwhakapa hē |
| prosecutor | kaiwhiu |
| protest | mautohe |
| protocol | kawa |
| prove | hāpono |
| provision | kupu whakarite |
| provisional taxpayer | kaiutu tāke taurangi |
| proviso | kupu here |
| public accountant | kaute a te katoa |
| public trustee | kaitiaki mō te katoa |
| public works | mahi nunui |
| purchase | mahi hokohoko |
| purchase agreement | kirimana hoko |
| purposes | huarahi whakamahi |
| queen | kuini |
| queens mother | matua-kuini |
| queenship | kuinitanga |
| racism | mahi kāikiri |
| reasonable care | āta whakaaro |
| recitation | karakia |
| record | mauhanga |
| recreation | hākinakina |
| recreation | mahi a rēhia |
| refugee | hunga whakaruru |
| registrar | kai tuhituhi |
| registrar | kairēhita |
| registrar | kai rēhita |
| reign | kingi |
| release from tapu | kokiro |
| rentor | kai rēti |
| repent | me muru i ōna hara |
| representation | kanohitanga |
| representation | momo āhua |
| request | inoi |
| resident magistrate | kaiwhakawā tūturu |
| resident magistrates court | kooti whakawā |
| resource management | hua o te taiao |
| respondent | kaiwhakautu |
| responsibilities | herenga |
| retrospective | hoki whakamuri |
| revenue | moni e hua ana |
| reverse | āhua rereke te whakatau |
| review | arotake |
| review | āta tirotiro |
| right | mana motika |
| right of first refusal | mana whakahe tuatahi |
| right of renewal | mana whakahou |
| sacred covenant | kāwenāta tapu |
| schedule | kupu apiti |
| sea shore | matāwhanga |
| seal | hira |
| seal | hīra |
| seal | hiri |
| secretariat | mahi hekeretari |
| secretary | hekeretare |
| secretary | hekereteri |
| sedition | hitihiona |
| seize | hopukina |
| select committee | kōmiti paremata |
| select committee | kōmiti whāiti |
| select committee | kōmiti whiriwhiri |
| self-defence | ārai mate whaiaro |
| sell | hokonga |
| sell without a legal right | hoko pokanoa |
| sentence of the court | kupu a te kōmiti -whakawā |
| serious crimes | hara kikino |
| servant | hāwini |
| service | hoatutanga |
| session | huinga |
| sexual offence | hara taihema |
| sexual violation | koeretanga |
| share | hea |
| sharing | manaakitanga |
| sheriff | heriwhi |
| short-term investment | haumi popoto |
| sign | haina |
| sign | hina |
| signatories | hunga hanga |
| signatory | kaihaina |
| site visit | hīkoi |
| sitting | huihuinga |
| sitting | huihuinga o te paremete |
| small claims tribunal | kōti mo ngā take iti |
| social contract | kirimana ā-noho |
| social worker | kaimahi-ā-iwi |
| sold | hokona |
| solidarity | kotahitanga |
| soundly-based knowledge and ways of acquiring this | mātauranga |
| sovereign | moni koura |
| sovereign | ariki tamaaroa |
| sovereign | ariki tamaroa |
| sovereign | ariki tapairu |
| sovereignty | mana ariki |
| space in front of a community or tribal meeting house | marae |
| speaker | māngai o te whare |
| speaker | kaihautū |
| speaker | kaikōrero |
| special constable | katipa-pehiara |
| specialist court | kōti mātanga |
| spell | mākutu |
| spy | kaitutei |
| squatter | hao whenua |
| squatter | kainoho kōkuhu |
| statutory authority | mana o te ture |
| stood down | hiki poto |
| store had been broken into | kua pakaru te whare |
| stray animal | kararehe taka noa |
| strike | haupatu |
| sub judice | i raro i te mana o te kōti |
| subdivision | ekaeka |
| sub-tribe | hapū |
| succession | kairiiwhi ki ngā whenua |
| succession | mahi kāiriiwhi |
| succession to the interest of… | kairiiwhi mo te paanga o |
| successors | kairiwhi |
| successors | kaiwhakakapi |
| summary jurisdiction | mana whakatau |
| summary jurisdiction | mana whakatau inamata |
| summary offence | hara whakapae |
| summary offence | hara whakawā wawe |
| summary offence | hara whakawā-a-tiati |
| summon | hāmenehia |
| summoned | karerotia |
| superintendent | huparitene |
| supervision | mahi tirotiro haere |
| supplementary order paper | kōrero tāpiri |
| suppliers | kaiwhakarato |
| suppliers or purchasers | kaihoko |
| supreme | hupirimi |
| supreme authority | mana nui |
| supreme court | hupirimi kōti |
| supreme court | kōmiti nui |
| supreme court | kooti huperimi |
| survey | āta ruritia |
| survey plans | mahere ā-rohe |
| surveyor | kai rūri wenua |
| surveyor | kai rūri whenua |
| surveyor | kai ruuri whenua |
| surveyor | kai ruri |
| surveyor | kai rūri |
| surveyor | kai ruuri |
| telegram | karere |
| tenant | kaireti |
| terms | herenga kirimana |
| test case | kēhi matua |
| testator | kai kawenata |
| testator | kaitukuwira |
| threats | kupu whakamataku |
| threats | mahi whakawehi |
| title | apa |
| title to land by occupation | ahi kā |
| trade | hokohoko |
| traffic offence | hara motokā |
| transcript | kape tuhi |
| trap | hīnaki |
| trap | kokoti kupenga |
| trap | korotete |
| treason | hara ki te kuini |
| treason | kaikaiwaiū |
| treasurer | kai tiaki moni |
| treaty of waitangi | kawenāta o waitangi |
| trespass | haranga |
| trespass | hēnga |
| trespass | kaihaumi |
| trust | māra |
| trustee | kaiaupaki |
| trustee | matapopore |
| trusteeship | mana kaitiakitanga |
| umpire | amupaea |
| unauthorised | kore whiwhi whakaaetanga |
| unauthorised occupation | kore take |
| unclaimed money | moni kāore he tangata e taunaha |
| unconditional | kore here |
| unconditional | korehere |
| unconstitutional | koreture |
| undertaking | hinonga |
| unethical | makihuhunu |
| united kingdom | kiingitaanga huihui |
| unreasonable | kutikuti |
| vagrant | hākoke |
| vagrant | kaiparo |
| vagrant | kaipāwe |
| validation court | kōti whakapūmau take tika |
| valuer | kaiwhirwhiri utu |
| verbatim | ā kupu |
| verbatim | ā waha |
| verdict of the jury | kipono a te huuri |
| versus | ki |
| vested | kua riro |
| veterans | hōia koroheke |
| victim | ika |
| victim | mārurenga |
| violent crime | hara kaikoka |
| visa | kōkota |
| void | kāore i te whai mana |
| void | manakore |
| volunteer | kaitūao |
| waitangi tribunal claim | kireme |
| wandering fire | ahi tere |
| ward of court | mataporenga |
| warden | kai tiaki ture |
| warrant of arrest | mana hopu tangata |
| warrant to seize property | mana munu rawa |
| welfare officer | āpiha toko i te ora |
| without prejudice | kaua e takahi |
| without prejudice | i runga i te kore whakawā wawe |
| witness | kai whakaatu |
| witness | kaiwhaki |
| witness | kai-whaki |
| witness | kaimataara |
| witness | kite mata |
| witness | kite rawa |
| witness | kite |
| witness | kitea |
| witness | mataara |
| witness statement | kōrerorero |
| worthless | kua kore noaiho he wāriu |
| your honor | e te tumuaki |
| youth court | kōti rangatahi |
| youth court | kooti a te taiohi |