tuturuatu
1. (noun) shore plover, Thinornis novaeseelandiae - a rare endemic dotterel that was once widespread but is now found only on the Chathan Islands and predator free islands. Crown, neck and underparts greyish brown; white halo around the head above the eyes; black forehead, side of the face and throat in males, dirty brown in females. Underparts white. Bill red tipped black; legs orange.
Synonyms: kohutapu
2. (noun) New Zealand dotterel, Charadrius obscurus - a squat bird with a large head, robust bill and rusty orange chest in breeding birds. Found on beaches, river mouths and estuaries. This name is also sometimes used for the banded dotterel.
See also tūturiwhatu
Synonyms: tākaikaha, tākaikai, turiwhati, tūturiwhati, turiwhatu, turuwhatu, rako, tākahikahi, kūkuruatu, turuturuwhatu, turuatu, tūturiwhatu, tuturuwhatu
kohutapu
1. (noun) shore plover, Thinornis novaeseelandiae - a rare endemic dotterel that was once widespread but is now found only on the Chathan Islands and predator free islands. Crown, neck and underparts greyish brown; white halo around the head above the eyes; black forehead, side of the face and throat in males, dirty brown in females. Underparts white. Bill red tipped black; legs orange.
kāruhiruhi
1. (noun) pied shag, Phalacrocorax varius - a large native shag, glossy black above and thighs but with white underparts, commonly found in coastal areas.
(Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1; Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 114;)
Synonyms: aroarotea
mako
1. (noun) shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus - a large, fast-moving oceanic shark with deep blue back and white underparts. Front dorsal fin large. Up to 5.85 m long. Found throughout the world in temporate and tropical seas and to 49 degrees south in Aotearoa/New Zealand waters from surface to over 550 m depth.
Synonyms: ngutukao
2. (noun) tooth of a mako shark, shark-tooth ornament.
Ki te hunga ki tōna whakaaro e tika ana, makere noa ana i a ia te patu pounamu, te kete, te tāniko, te korowai, te tokotoko tae noa ki tana mako tautau, tēnei rā tētahi o āna tino taonga (TTR 1998:208). / He gave to visitors he thought worthy, greenstone clubs, flax baskets, tāniko weaving, korowai cloaks, walking sticks and even one of his priceless shark's-tooth ear pendants.
pakake
1. (noun) whale, minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata - a small whale with a dark grey back and white underparts.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 6;)
I te mutunga o āna mahi manawa kai tūtae e tere ana i ngā moana o te ao, ka noho ia ki uta i te tau 1830, ki te teihana hopu pakake a Jacky Guard i Te Awaiti (TTR 1994:23). / After his adventurous occupation sailing the oceans of the world, in 1830 he lived ashore at Jacky Guard's Te Awaiti shore whaling station.
Synonyms: pakaka
pihipihi
1. (noun) silvereye, waxeye, white-eye, Zosterops lateralis lateralis - a small, common, green bird with a conspicuous white eye-ring, olive-green head and upperparts, a grey back and creamy-white underparts with pinkish-brown flanks. This photograph is of fledgling birds.
(Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1;)
Synonyms: hiraka, tauhou, kanohi mōwhiti, mōtengitengi, pīkaraihe, poporohe, iringatau, whiorangi
2. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: tokepiripiri, momoutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, kikimutu, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, pipiriki, kōhurehure, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, piripiri, toirua
pīpipi
1. (noun) brown creeper, Mohoua novaeseelandiae - a small endemic forest bird of the South Island and Stewart Island, reddish-brown crown, rump and tail, ash-grey on face and neck, and light buff underparts. Usually found in small, fast-moving noisy flocks high in the canopy.
Synonyms: tītirihika, pipirihika, toitoi
2. (noun) shining sunset shell, Soletellina nitida - a triangular-shaped bivalve mollusc common in sand near low tide. Fragile shell, often with a greenish-yellow, varnish-like coating. Purplish near the hinge and inside.
Kātahi taua tangata rā ka mahara he pakake; kātahi ka nuku atu ki te taha titiro atu ai. Nō te kitenga o taua tangata i ngā kanohi e kamokamo ana mai i roto i te pīpipi, kātahi anō taua tangata ka mōhio he tangata tonu (JPS 1921:43). / The man at first thought it was a minke whale, but then he moved nearer to have a closer look. When he saw the eyes of that man, which were blinking from amidst the shining sunset shells, he knew it was a human being.
3. (noun) cirrostratus - cloud forming a thin, fairly uniform semi-translucent layer at high altitude. Often used in the phrase pīpipi o te rangi.
Ka kite a Tūpai i te rangi e tuhi ana te pīpipi o te rangi (JPS 1926:240). / Tūpai saw the sky adorned with cirrostratus cloud.
See also pipi
pōpokotea
1. (noun) whitehead, Mohoua albicilla - small rare endemic bird with white underparts and head with a contrasting black bill, eyes and legs and pale brown upperparts. Lives in groups in the high canopy of forests and scrub of the North Island.
(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 96;)
Ka tīmata hoki ngā pōpokotea ki te whakahokihoki i ngā maramara o te rākau, kāore i roa kua tū anō te rākau (NIT 1995:19). / And the whiteheads began to replace the chips of the tree and before long the tree was standing again.
Synonyms: mōriorio, mōtengitengi, tātāeto, tātāhore, tātaihore, tātariheko, upokotea, porihawa, poupoutea, pōporoihewa, poriporihewa, popotea, tātāngaeko, tātāeko, hore
takahikare
1. (noun) New Zealand white-faced storm petrel, Pelagodroma marina - a native petrel with white forehead, eyebrow and underparts. The back and upperwing are brownish-grey.
See also takahikare-moana
Synonyms: takahikare-moana
tātāeko
1. (noun) whitehead, Mohoua albicilla - small rare endemic bird with white underparts and head with a contrasting black bill, eyes and legs and pale brown upperparts. Lives in groups in the high canopy of forests and scrub of the North Island.
Nā, ka tae mai ngā miromiro, ngā pītoitoi, ngā tātāeko, ngā kōriroriro, ia manu, ia manu, me ngā tīrairaka, ka rūpeke mai (NM 1928:22). / So the white breasted tits, the New Zealand robins, the whiteheads, the grey warblers, each bird together with the fantails all assembled.
See also pōpokotea
Synonyms: mōriorio, mōtengitengi, tātāeto, tātāhore, tātaihore, tātariheko, upokotea, porihawa, poupoutea, pōporoihewa, poriporihewa, popotea, tātāngaeko, pōpokotea, hore
tauhou
1. (verb) to be strange, unacquainted, new, exotic, unfamiliar.
I whakatipua ake a Te Aritaua Pītama kia tau ki te kōrero Māori, otirā, i taua wā kua tauhou haere kē te reanga mātātahi o Ngāi Tahu ki te kōrero i tō rātou reo (TTR 2000:149). / Te Aritaua Pitama was brought up to be fluent in speaking Māori, but at that time it was becoming unusual for the younger generation Ngāi Tahu to speak their language.
2. (modifier) strange, unusual, unacquainted, new, exotic, unfamiliar.
He tino mataku kē mātau i te waka nei, he mea tauhou hoki ki a mātau (HP 1991:31). / We were quite scared of this vehicle because it was a strange thing to us.
3. (noun) novice, stranger.
He tauhou rā tātau ki ēnei mahi (TTT 1/11/1925:332). / We are strangers to these activities.
Synonyms: ika tauhou, tangata ihu hūpē, pia, ihu hūpē
4. (noun) silvereye, waxeye, white-eye, Zosterops lateralis lateralis - a small, common, green bird with a conspicuous white eye-ring, olive-green head and upperparts, a grey back and creamy-white underparts with pinkish-brown flanks.
(Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1;)
See also pihipihi
Synonyms: kanohi mōwhiti, mōtengitengi, pīkaraihe, poporohe, iringatau, whiorangi, hiraka, pihipihi
tītitipounamu
1. (noun) rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above while the female is streaked dark and light brown and both have whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
He manu iti noho wao te tītitipounamu, ā, he tino poto ngā hūmaeko. / The rifleman is a small bird that inhabits the forest and it has very short tail feathers.
Synonyms: toirua, piripiri, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, kikimutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, hōutuutu, momoutu, kōhurehure
hurupounamu
1. (noun) rock wren, Xenicus gilviventris - small endemic alpine bird with a very short tail, the male being dull green above, grey-brown below, the female olive-brown. Found near the tree-line of the South Island mountains. Related bush wren, with similar Māori names, is thought to be extinct.
See also mātuhituhi
Synonyms: pīwauwau, mātuhituhi
2. (noun) bush wren, Xenicus longipes - small endemic forest and scrub bird with a very short tail, Head is dark olive brown with clear white eyebroe stripe. Underparts ash-grey. Long feet and toes. Probably extinct.
See also pīwauwau
mātuhituhi
1. (noun) rock wren, Xenicus gilviventris - small endemic alpine bird with a very short tail, the male being dull green above, grey-brown below, the female olive-brown. Found near the tree-line of the South Island mountains. Related bush wren, with similar Māori names, is thought to be extinct.
See also pīwauwau
Synonyms: hurupounamu, pīwauwau
2. (noun) bush wren, Xenicus longipes - small endemic forest and scrub bird with a very short tail, Head is dark olive brown with clear white eyebroe stripe. Underparts ash-grey. Long feet and toes. Probably extinct.
E hoa mā ē, kia huri mai te taringa ki te whakarongo ki te tangi a te mātuhituhi e tangi nei, 'Tuia, tuia, tuituia.' (HTK 25/11/1893:6). / Friends, listen to the call of the bush wren which calls, 'Tuia, tuia, tuituia (Bind us all together).'
See also hurupounamu
tāpahipare
1. (noun) male rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The male is bright yellow-green above with whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also kōrurerure, tītitipounamu
Synonyms: toirua, piripiri, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, kikimutu, momotawai, kōrurerure, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, momoutu, kōhurehure
kōrurerure
1. (noun) female rifleman, Acanthisitta chloris - Aotearoa/New Zealand's smallest bird, distinguished by its rounded wings, a very short stumpy tail and a fine, slightly upturned bill. The female is streaked dark and light brown with whitish underparts. Found in native forests and scrub.
See also tītitipounamu
Synonyms: toirua, piripiri, kotikotipa, kōtipatipa, kōtitititi, mōutuutu, muhumuhu, titipounamu, tokepiripiri, kikimutu, momotawai, tāpahipare, pipiriki, pihipihi, tītitipounamu, hōutuutu, momoutu, kōhurehure
