2. (modifier) black, dark in colour.
He nui anō te whai rawa o te iwi kiri pango i te koura, i te hiriwa, i te peara me ngā kōhatu utu nui me te whenua (TPH 15/8/1900:2). / The blacks have great wealth in gold, silver, pearls and precious stones and land.
3. (noun) variety of harakeke from Tawatapu district, south of Gisborne. Short, bendy variety. Overall bush has a dark appearance. Rito blades are a bronze colour. Reddish-brown margin and keel. Brownish-purple kōrari. Flowers well. used for green kete harakeke. Not good for muka.
kāhu pango
1. (noun) juvenile harrier hawk, immature harrier hawk (Circus approximans gouldi) - as the bird matures and ages the plumage changes from the blackish-brown of the juvenile immature bird to the pale greyish brown of the old bird.
See also kāhu
Synonyms: kāhu pōkere o te whenua
toroa pango
1. (noun) light-mantled sooty albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata - a large seabird with sooty-brown head, throat and wings. The back from nape to rump is ash-grey and the bill is black with a blue line along the lower bill.
Synonyms: pēō, toroa haunui, toroa ruru, kōputu, toroa-a-ruru
tīrairaka pango
1. (noun) fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa - a small, friendly, insect-eating bird of the bush and domestic gardens which has a distinctive tail resembling a spread fan. This sooty-black variety has a white dot behind each eye. Found in the South Island and the Wellington area only.
Synonyms: tīrakaraka, tītīrairaka, tīraureka, pīrakaraka, pīrangirangi, pītakataka, wakawaka, kōtiutiu, pīwaiwaka, tīwakawaka, tīrairaka, hīwaiwaka, hīrairaka, pīwakawaka, pīrairaka, tīwaiwaka, tītakataka
moumou te pango
1. you're a copout - an idiom to suggest that a person's Māori identity is only skin deep.
Ngere: E toru ngā wāhanga o taku tuhinga. Ko te manaakitanga, ko te whanaungatanga me te Kīngitanga. Heoi anō, me haere au ki te whare pukapuka ki te rapu i te mātauranga! E noho rā. Kiri: (e pōuri ana) Moumou te pango! (HKKT 2011:23). / Ngere: There are three parts of my essay, manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and the Kīngitanga. And so I must go to the library to seek the knowledge! Bye. Kiri: (despondently) You're a copout!
kenekene
1. (modifier) intensely, exceedingly, extremely - an intensive used with pōuri, pōuriuri, pango and pō, e.g. pōuriuri kenekene.
Ka whānau i a Papa ā rāua tamariki, ka noho ai i roto i te pōuri kenekene i waenganui i te tauawhi a ō rātou mātua (Te Ara 2015). / Papa gave birth to their children, who then remained in the pitch dark between the embrace of their parents.
See also kerekere
kerekere
1. (modifier) intensely, exceedingly, extremely, very - an intensive used with pōuri, pōuriuri, pango and pō, e.g. pōuri kerekere.
Aoake, kua pō kerekere te rangi mai i Rotorua ki Maketū – ko te ngārahu tērā i rukea ki runga. I taupokina katoatia a Rotomahana me ngā tūāpapa (Te Ara 2015). / The following day it was pitch black from Rotoiti to Maketū – ash choked the skies. Lake Rotomahana and the terraces were all covered.
Kātahi anō hoki mātou ka mātakitaki ki a mātou anō. He rerekē tēnā iwi, tēnā iwi, he mā, he pango kerekere, ā he rerekē noa atu ētahi (HKW 1/11/1902:2). / And then we finally looked at ourselves. Each ethnic group was different, some were white, some very black, and others were quite different.
