Ko te tangata māna e tirotiro, māna e whai haere tētahi kēmu hākinakina, kei a ia te mana ki te whakatinana i ngā ture, kia pai ai te haere o te kēmu. Mēnā ka hē, ka hapa te mahi a tētahi kaitākaro i raro i ngā ture o te kēmu, mā te kaiwawao e whakawhiu.
The person who closely looks at and follows a sports game, with authority to uphold the rules, in order that the game proceeds as it should. If a player infringes the rules the referee will penalise them.
wawao - to part combatants
He mea whakanui e te rūnanga hākinakina o te tāone ngā kaiwawao tūao maha o tēnā hākinakina, o tēnā hākinakina.
Tē aro i a au ngā whakataunga a te kaiwawao.