ōriwa
1. (loan) (noun) olive, Olea spp. - an evergreen tree with dark green lance-shaped leathery leaves. Also used for the small oval fruit with a hard stone of this tree.
Ko ngā wāhi raorao e ngakia ana ki te witi, ki te ōriwa, ki te wāina (TW 10/8/1878:401). / The undulating land is cultivated with wheat, olives and vines.
Ōriwa
1. (loan) (personal name) Oliver, Olive.
He kupu ēnei nā Te Ōriwa, te mema o te Pāremata, i kīia e ngā iwi o Tanītana kia tū a ia hei mema mō te tūranga a Te Rānaka (TW 17/8/1878:410). / These are words from Mr Oliver, the member of Parliament, chosen by the people of Dunedin in place of Mr Larnach.
