1. (verb) to be smooth, calm, solitary, desolate.

1. (personal name) daughter of Hine-ahu-one, who was formed from the earth, and Tāne. Became Hine-nui-te-pō, the atua of the dead, when she fled to the underworld after discovering that her husband, Tāne, was also her father.

1. (noun) a Māori political party (separate identity) which became part of the Alliance Coalition. It was founded in 1980 by Matiu Rata.

1. (loan) (personal name) Methuselah (a biblical name) - one of the names of King Tāwhiao, which was bestowed on him when he became a Christian.

1. (personal name) (1873-1939) Ngāti Apa, Ngā Rauru; faith healer and founder of the Rātana religious movement. In the late 1920s the Rātana movement also became a major political movement.

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1. (personal name) (1835-1904) Tūhoe; chief, orator, leader and tohunga who fought against the Pākehā and for the return of confiscated Tūhoe lands. His son, Takurua Tamarau, became head of the Ringatū church and paramount chief.

1. (personal name) (?-1903) Te Āti Haunui-ā-Pāpārangi; leader who supported the establishment of the Kīngitanga but later became a supporter of the government.

1. (personal noun) Tail of the Scorpion.

1. (personal name) (?-1846) Ngāti Tūwharetoa; ariki and warrior who succeeded Herea and became an important leader of his time. He died in a landslide that engulfed Te Rapa, the village where he lived. In this illustration by George Angus, Mananui is seated in front of his younger brother, Iwikau.

1. (location) a place mentioned in the creation narratives where Hine-tītama fled to after learning that her husband, Tāne-nui-a-rangi, was also her father. There Aituā lived in his house, Whiti-nuku. Aituā then took Hine-tītama to the entrance to Te Reinga and to Whiti-reinga where Ioio-whenua, the eldest child of Rangi-nui and Papa-tū-ā-nuku, lived. There Hine-tītama became Hine-nui-te-pō and she remains in te pō to receive the spirits of the dead.

1. (personal name) ONZ, FRSNZ (1927-2006) Ngāti Whātua; academic and ariki. Educated at Auckland Grammar School, University of Auckland (BSc), Cambridge (MA) and Oxford (MLitt, DPhil) Universities. Became the foundation professor of Social Anthropology and Māori Studies at Massey University in 1970. Professor of Māori Studies and head of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Auckland (1985-1993). Chair of Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei Māori Trust Board (1978-2006). Served on the Royal Commission of the Courts (1976-1978), the New Zealand Māori Council, the Board of Māori affairs (1987-1990) and the Waitangi Tribunal (1986-1996). He was a Aotearoa/New Zealand delegate to UNESCO and a consultant to the United Nations economic and Social Council and the Food and Agriculture Organization. He was also President of the Polynesian Society. Knighted in 1989 and appointed a member of the Order of New Zealand in 2002.

1. (personal name) Ngāti Ruanui, Tāngahoe; Orator, educator and activist for Māori language revival and indigenous rights. Following a career as a building tradesman, moved into trade training and became prominent in adult education in Māori language revitalisation. Having developed language instruction programmes turned his attention to broadcasting recognising its value in promoting Māori language use. Led the case through to the Privy Council that the NZ Government should recognise and protect Māori language as a 'taonga under the principle of the Treaty of Waitangi' in the allocation of New Zealand's broadcasting assets. Following this successful challenge Huirangi returned to Taranaki where he has become the single most dominant figure in guiding the regeneration of Taranaki's distinct regional dialect. Received an Honorary Doctorate from The University of Waikato in 1995 for his achievement in both tertiary education and Māori language communities.

1. (loan) (personal name) Vogel, Sir Julius (1835-99) - politician who became premier of Aotearoa/New Zealand between 1873 and 1876.

1. (loan) (personal name) Vogel, Sir Julius (1835-99) - politician who became premier of Aotearoa/New Zealand between 1873 and 1876.

1. (loan) (location) Malaya, Malaysia - Malaya was a former country in SE Asia, consisting of the southern Malay Peninsula, and some adjacent islands, and it became part of the federation Malaysia in 1963.

1. (location) Melbourne - the Māori name is derived from Port Phillip, an early name for the settlement that became Melbourne in 1837.

1. (loan) (personal name) Bernard Freyberg (1889-1963) dentist and military leader. Commanded the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force which fought in the Middle East and southern Europe during the Second World War. Later became Governor-General.