2. (location) Otago - a name derived from the name of the Māori village at the end the Otago Peninsula. Otago is now used as the name of the region on the south-east of the South Island.
Ka hīia te paraki me te piharau ki Ōtākou (Te Ara 2011). / Lamprey and smelt were taken in Otago.
Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou, Te
1. (location) University of Otago.
Ka hoki anō a Erihana ki te Whare Wānanga o Ōtākou i te tau 1925 ki te whai i te mātauranga o runga atu e pā ana ki ngā rongoā o ngā whenua pārūrū (TTR 1998:39). / In 1925 Ellison returned to Otago University to undertake postgraduate studies in tropical medicine.
2. (personal noun) a tribal group of the Horowhenua and northern Kapiti coast.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 89;)
Ko Ngāi Tara te ingoa tūturu o Muaūpoko (Te Ara 2011). / The people of Muaūpoko were originally called Ngāi Tara.
Matakaea
1. (location) Shag Point (Otago coast).
Ko 'Araiteuru' he waka i haere mai i Hawaiki, i rere mai i ērā moana whiti mai ki tēnei moana. I tahuri taua waka ki te kūrae o Matakaea i te takiwā o Ōtākou (TPH 15/10/1902:6). / 'Araiteuru' was a canoe that came from Hawaiki and sailed from those seas across to this ocean. That canoe capsized at the headland of Shag Point in the Otago region.
ngutu pare
1. (noun) wrybill, Anarhynchus frontalis - a pale-grey wading bird with a black bill, the tip of which is curved to the right. Breeds in the shingle riverbeds of Canterbury and Otago from August to January, migrating to estuaries of the North Island for the rest of the year.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 9;)
See also ngutu parore
kōpūwaitōtara
1. (noun) southern burrfish, Allomycterus pilatus - a fish that can inflate its body as a means of defence. When inflated, long spines embedded in the skin become rigid and erect. It is white, variously blotched and spotted with brown and yellow. Found only in the southern Tasman Sea and occurs from North Cape to Otago Peninsula in coastal waters up to depths of 363 m.
