Poverty Bay - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

Papati Pei

1. (loan) (location) Poverty Bay.

Ka tapaia e ahau te ingoa o reira ko Papati Pei nō te mea kāhore i riro mai i a mātou tētahi mea i hiahiatia e mātou (TP 10/1906:8). / I named the place Poverty Bay because we did not obtain a single thing that we wanted.

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Synonyms: Pawati Pei, Tūranganui-a-Rua

Pawati Pei

1. (loan) (location) Poverty Bay.

Synonyms: Papati Pei, Tūranganui-a-Rua

Tūranganui-a-Rua

1. (location) Poverty Bay.

Heoti, nā te mea e noho tou tīrairaka ana, ka hoki anō a Timi Kara i te tau 1875 ki ngā mahi pāmu teihana i roto i Te Matau-a-Māui me Tūranganui-a-Rua (TTR 1994:9). / However, because he was restless, James Carroll returned in 1875 to station life in Hawke's Bay and Poverty Bay.

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Synonyms: Pawati Pei, Papati Pei

Ūpoko-o-te-kurī-a-Paoa, Te

1. (location) Young Nicks Head (Poverty Bay).

Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa

1. (location) Gisborne, Poverty Bay (sea).

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 4;)

I kuraina tuatahitia ia i te kura o Te Waerenga-a-Hika i kō mai o Tūranga (TTR 1998:205). / He was educated initially at Waerenga-a-Hika school near Gisborne.

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Wahawaha, Rāpata

1. (personal name) (?-1897) Ngāti Porou; leader, soldier, farmer and politician who led engagements against the Hauhau and Te Kooti in the 1860s and played a significant role in bringing peace to the Urewera and Poverty Bay. Pursued land rights for Ngāti Porou.

Papati Pei

Pawati Pei

Tūranganui-a-Rua

Ūpoko-o-te-kurī-a-Paoa, Te

Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa

Wahawaha, Rāpata

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