Māwhera
1. (location) Greymouth.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 4;)
Tērā tētahi wāhi whenua kei Te Māwhera he mea tautohetohe, ā tukua mai ana e ngā Māori o reira tā rātou pitihana whakahē ki te rerewē (TWMNT 9/1/1877:6). / There is a piece of land at Greymouth under dispute and the local Māori have submitted a protest petition to the railway.
2. (location) Grey River.
Ko ngā pī o te pounamu i te takiwā ki Arahura me Māwhera te kaupapa o te haere (TTR 1990:371). / The reason for the travel was to go to the sources of greenstone in the Arahura and Grey River regions.
mawhera
1. (verb) to be open, widespread, spread out.
Nā, ka hohoro tā rātou tuku iho i ngā kawenga i runga i ngā tuarā o ā rātou kāmere - ka mawhera ā rātou taonga, ka whakatakoto ki ngā waewae o taua tamaiti (KO 15/5/1883:14). / So they hurried to take the luggage off the backs of their camels and spread out their goods, and lay them at the feet of that child.
Synonyms: marake, pūaha, tuwhera, māhorahora, matata, matatea, tīwhera, areare, kohera, tuhera, wātea, whakaareare, whakapuare, whewhera, uaki, koraha, mārakerake, kohea, ango, puare, tīwara, tūmatanui, pawhera, hemahema, whakatuwhera, whakatuhera, huaki, poare, hīrikore, are, pōaha, puakaha, raha, tūraha, tawhera
