kauri
1. (noun) kauri, Agathis australis - largest forest tree but found only in the northern North Island, it has a large trunk and small, oblong, leathery leaves, kauri resin, soot from burnt kauri gum used for tattooing.
Ko ia ki te whakahaere i ngā ōkiha e waru e kukume ana i ngā rākau kauri kua oti te tua ki raro, ki waho o te ngāhere (HP 1991:24). / He controlled the eight oxen pulling the kauri trees, which had been cut down, out of the forest.
2. (noun) moko soot, tattooing soot - burnt kauri gum used for tattooing.
3. (noun) moko, tattooing.
Anō te kiri, me te anuhe tawatawa ngā mahi a te kauri (NM 1928:23). / Look at the skin, the abundance of tattooing is like the markings on the skin of a mackerel!
2. (noun) glue.
E pai ana te kāpia pepa pakitara mō te mahi nei, te pepa whakapiripiri (RTA 2014:136). / Wall paper paste is suitable for this task of paper maché.
pūpū rangi
1. (noun) kauri snails, Paryphanta spp. - look like ordinary garden snails but are much bigger.
See also pūpū whakarongotaua
2. (noun) karapapa, Alseuosmia macrophylla - a shrub found in forest undergrowth from North Cape to the upper South Island that grows to about 2 m, with red-brown branches and dark green foliage. It has alternating glossy leaves with widely spaced teeth. The tubular flowers are 2.4-4 cm long and highly scented. They vary in colour from dark red to cream. Fruit is crimson.
See also karapapa
3. (noun) Alseuosmia banksii var. linariifolia - endemic bushy slender shrub up to 1 m tall of Northland forests from Kaitaia to about Kaiwaka. Often associated with kauri. Leaves vary, much longer than wide, green, margin smooth. Small creamy yellow flowers, tubular, dropping in September - December. Fruit fleshy, red.
puakarimu
1. (noun) clubmoss, Lycopodium deuterodensum - tall, erect, branching stems resemble young fir trees. Aerial stems up to 100 cm high, much branched in upper part. Dull green or orange-brown triangular, pointed leaves are spirally arranged. Plants often grow in extensive colonies. Common from Lake Taupō north on bush margins, in scrub or in regenerating kauri forest.