waewae kākā
1. (noun) carrier tangle, parasol fern, Gleichenia microphylla - fronds erect to about 100 cm high or scrambling to about 200 cm. Stipes red-brown. Found on swampy or poor clay soils and around thermal areas in open scrubland.
Synonyms: waewae kōtuku, waewae matuku
2. (noun) line of sticks - to guide kūmara planters.
3. (noun) mountain holly, New Zealand holly, Olearia macrodonta - a small sub-alpine evergreen endemic tree. Has undulating and serrated grey-green leaves. Found in lowland to sub-alpine forests from the East Coast south to Stewart Island, at 450–1,200 metres (1,480–3,940 ft) in altitude. Grows 6 metres tall. Its daisy-like composite flowers are white with yellow centres and grow in large, rounded bunches.
Synonyms: kōtaratara, wharangi kura, hakeka, hakeke, haki
2. (verb) (-tia) to turn up the ground, dig out a path, grub, root (as a pig does).
Ka patua a Te Tahi e te iwi rā, ka kawea ki uta kia tawhiti atu ai i ōna hoa o Tangaroa. Ka tanumia ki Ōpuru. Ka rongo a Tūtarakauika, ka kūtoro atu ki te whenua, ka keria he awaawa e tae atu ai ki te awa o Rangitāiki, ā, e tae atu ai ki a Te Tahi. Nānā i whakahoki te tinana o Te Tahi ki te moana, ki a Tangaroa (EM 2002:321). / When Te Tahi was killed by that tribe, he was taken inland so that he was a long way from his companions who lived in the sea. He was buried at Ōpuru. When Tūtarakauika heard of this he dug into the land, digging out a valley to the Rangitāiki river, which enabled him to reach Te Tahi. It was he who returned Te Tahi's body to the sea, to Tangaroa.
3. (verb) (-tia) to dig into, delve into, become involved.
Engari he tika, he iwi heahea, heahea pēnei nā, ka kūtoro heahea noa atu ki ngā pakanga a ētahi kē, koirā anō ka uru tonu ki te raruraru (EM 2002:109). / But it's correct that they're a foolish tribe, foolish in that they stupidly involve themselves in the battles of others and that's why they get into trouble.
4. (noun) spotted stargazer, Genyagnus monopterygius - a sedentary fish that camouflages itself by burrowing in the sand and mud. Preys upon animals moving over them and feeds on crabs, molluscs, worms, and small fish. Found on the continental shelf around Aotearoa/New Zealand and other southern Pacific islands, at depths down to 200 m. Its length is up to 45 cm. .
See also kourepoua
pioke
1. (noun) spiny dogfish, spotted spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias - a fish brownish-grey above with irregular white spots and white below. Body elongated with both dorsal fins preceded by a sharp spine. Reaches 1.2 m. Found in temperate waters around the world.
Kātahi ka tukuna e Pana-kareao rātou ko tana iwi ki a Hopihona, he rīwai, 12 tana te nui, he kete kūmara, e 8 ngā poaka me ētahi pioke (he mea whakahoki mai) (TTR 1990:96). / Then Pana-kareao and his people presented Hobson with 12 tons of potatoes, kits of kumara, 8 pigs, and some dried shark (which was sent back).
2. (noun) spotted dogfish, spotted smoothhound, Mustelus lenticulatus - pale golden brown to grey above with numerous small blue and white spots. white below. Body long and slender with no spines in the dorsal fins. Found throught Aotearoa/New Zealand to depths of 200 m.
moamoa
1. (noun) spotted stargazer, Genyagnus monopterygius - a sedentary fish that camouflages itself by burrowing in the sand and mud. Preys upon animals moving over them and feeds on crabs, molluscs, worms, and small fish. Found on the continental shelf around Aotearoa/New Zealand and other southern Pacific islands, at depths down to 200 m. Its length is up to 45 cm.
See also kourepoua
2. (noun) giant stargazer, monkfish, Kathetostoma giganteum - body rather elongate tapering from a broad, flat bony head. Eyes directed upwards and the mouth is vertical with several prominant spines. Head and body speckled dark grey above. Widespread in Aotearoa/New Zealand coastal waters between 50 and 500m, living on or partially buried in soft sediments on the seabed.
kourepoua
1. (noun) spotted stargazer, Genyagnus monopterygius - a sedentary fish that camouflages itself by burrowing in the sand and mud. Preys upon animals moving over them and feeds on crabs, molluscs, worms, and small fish. Found on the continental shelf around Aotearoa/New Zealand and other southern Pacific islands, at depths down to 200 m. Its length is up to 45 cm.
2. (noun) giant stargazer, monkfish, Kathetostoma giganteum - body rather elongate tapering from a broad, flat bony head. Eyes directed upwards and the mouth is vertical with several prominant spines. Head and body speckled dark grey above. Widespread in Aotearoa/New Zealand coastal waters between 50 and 500m, living on or partially buried in soft sediments on the seabed.
pāpapa-kōura
1. (noun) willowherb, Epilobium microphyllum - an endemic tufted, creeping herb with woody bases, and numerous ascending, wiry, purple-black or black stems. White petals and flowers from December - February. Found from about Kāwhia and East Cape south, locally abundant around the Cook Strait region, thence mainly easterly in the South Island in gravelly or shingly riverbeds, flats and outwash plains from sea level to 1,200 m.
papa-kōura
1. (noun) willowherb, Epilobium microphyllum - an endemic tufted, creeping herb with woody bases, and numerous ascending, wiry, purple-black or black stems. White petals and flowers from December - February. Found from about Kāwhia and East Cape south, locally abundant around the Cook Strait region, thence mainly easterly in the South Island in gravelly or shingly riverbeds, flats and outwash plains from sea level to 1,200 m.
See also pāpapa-kōura
pīokeoke
1. (noun) spiny dogfish, spotted spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias - a fish brownish-grey above with irregular white spots and white below. Body elongated with both dorsal fins preceded by a sharp spine. Reaches 1.2 m. Found in temperate waters around the world.
See also pioke
2. (noun) spotted dogfish, spotted smoothhound, Mustelus lenticulatus - pale golden brown to grey above with numerous small blue and white spots. white below. Body long and slender with no spines in the dorsal fins. Found throught Aotearoa/New Zealand to depths of 200 m.
waewae kōtuku
1. (noun) carrier tangle, parasol fern, Gleichenia microphylla - fronds erect to about 100 cm high or scrambling to about 200 cm. Stipes red-brown. Found on swampy or poor clay soils and around thermal areas in open scrubland.
See also waewae kākā
Synonyms: waewae matuku, waewae kākā
waewae matuku
1. (noun) carrier tangle, parasol fern, Gleichenia microphylla - fronds erect to about 100 cm high or scrambling to about 200 cm. Stipes red-brown. Found on swampy or poor clay soils and around thermal areas in open scrubland.
See also waewae kākā
Synonyms: waewae kōtuku, waewae kākā
wharangi kura
1. (noun) mountain holly, New Zealand holly, Olearia macrodonta - a small sub-alpine evergreen endemic tree. Has undulating and serrated grey-green leaves. Found in lowland to sub-alpine forests from the East Coast south to Stewart Island, at 450–1,200 metres (1,480–3,940 ft) in altitude. Grows 6 metres tall. Its daisy-like composite flowers are white with yellow centres and grow in large, rounded bunches.
pekapeka
1. (noun) bat (animal) - endemic long-tailed (Chalinolobus tuberculatus) and short-tailed (Mystacina tuberculata) bats. Long-tailed bats live in caves and hollow trees, while the short-tailed bat is found in heavy bush of the North Island.
Pērā hoki me Māui-pōtiki i tango rā i te āhua o te kāhu, o te kāeaea, o te ruru, o te kea, o te pekapeka, o te kiore, o te kererū, o te noke hoki; kātahi anō ka mate i a Hine-nui-te-pō i roto i tōna whare i Pōtaka-rongorongo. (JPS 1922:48). / It was thus that Māui-pōtiki took on the form of the harrier hawk, the New Zealand falcon, the morepork, the kea, the bat, the rat, the pigeon, and the worm; until he was finally killed by Hine-nui-te-pō in her house at Pōtaka-rongorongo.
2. (noun) carpetshark, Cephaloscyllium isabellum - light brown with irregular, dark brown saddles, spots and blotches. Endemic to the coastal waters of Aotearoa/New Zealand at 0-700 m depth. Relatively common on sand and shelly-cobble bottoms.
3. (noun) cotton fireweed, Senecio quadridentatus - found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand from coastal to subalpine habitats, always in recently distrubed ground. Short-lived, usually much branched, native perennial herb up to 1 m tall.
4. (noun) greenstone ear ornament.
Te maha o te heitiki, o te kuru pounamu, o te mako, o te pekapeka, o te pōria (NM 1928:129). / There were many neck pendants in a human image, greenstone ornaments, shark-tooth ornaments, greenstone ear ornaments and captive bird rings of bone or stone used as ornaments.
5. (noun) starfish, sea star - a general term.
Synonyms: papatangaroa, pātangatanga, pātangaroa
6. (noun) comb star, Astropecten polyacanthus - a five-pointed starfish 200-250 mm across, of buff or yellowish brown colour, very spiny at the sides and underneath, but with a dense pile-like texture on top. Found on sandy bottoms from low-water to about 55 m, but occasionally on sandy flats between tides around the North Island east coast.
