kapua whakapipi
1. (noun) cumulus cloud.
Ka whaikōrero a Tamamutu, ka karanga ki te iwi o Tūwharetoa, "Tūwharetoa-i-te-aupōuri, ē! Kia pai te whakatere i te waka kei pariparia e te tai, ka mōnenehu te kura nei." Ka mutu tēnā. Ka kī anō ia, "Kawe atu anō ki waho, ka whakahokia mai anō ki te kapua whakapipi." (TP 3/1910:11). / Tamamutu made a speech, calling to the Tūwharetoa people, "Tūwharetoa-i-te-aupōuri, steer the canoe carefully or this treasure will be drenched by the spray." That said, he then said, "Carry it out, but return it here to the billowing clouds where strength is in reserve."
waewae kai kapua
1. (noun) adventurous person, risk-taker, one with fanciful ideas, dreamer.
Kāore e tae te waewae pakiaka ki te waewae kai kapua (NP 2001:174). / Never will the foot stumbling on roots overtake the adventurous person. - a whakataukī used to refer to how an adventurous person or a risk-taker will succeed over the clumsy plodder.
Synonyms: manawa kai tūtae
Ō-tū-kapua-rangi
1. (location) Pink Terraces - destroyed in the Tarawera-Rotomahana eruption. Sometimes as Ōtūkapuarangi.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 77-93;)
Ko ia te kaiārahi pekepoho o ngā tūruhi ki ngā tūāpapa o Ō-tū-kapua-rangi me Te Tarata i te moana o Rotomahana i mua i te hūnga o Tarawera Maunga i te tau 1886 (TTR 1994:25). / She was the principal tourist guides of the Pink and White Terraces at Lake Rotomahana before the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886.