paraki
1. (noun) smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna, Stokell's smelt, Stokellia anisodon - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Common smelt is found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, but Stokell's smelt is only found in the lower reaches of rivers in the Marlborough-Canterbury coast. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
pōrohe
1. (noun) smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna, Stokell's smelt, Stokellia anisodon - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Common smelt is found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, but Stokell's smelt is only found in the lower reaches of rivers in the Marlborough-Canterbury coast. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
2. (noun) blue mussel, Mytilus edulis - a bivalve mollusc found attached to rocks between tides. It has a dark bluish-black shell on the outside.
See also toretore
4. (noun) young of eels and other fish.
2. (noun) succulence, tenderness, softness, lushness.
Ka rawe te ngaore o te mīti ka āta tunua mō te hia hāore - kāore te paroparo e mamae i te roa e katikatia ana, e ngaungaua ana (HJ 2017:113). / The succulence of meat slowly cooked for several hours is excellent - the skull will not become sore from biting and chewing.
Synonyms: matomato
3. (noun) smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna, Stokell's smelt, Stokellia anisodon - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Common smelt found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, but Stokell's smelt only found in lower reaches of rivers in the Marlborough-Canterbury coast. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
kehakeha
1. (noun) smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna, Stokell's smelt, Stokellia anisodon - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Common smelt found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand, but Stokell's smelt only found in lower reaches of rivers in the Marlborough-Canterbury coast. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
ngaure
1. (noun) young of smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
ngaiore
1. (noun) young of smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
ngore
1. (noun) young of smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
2. (noun) young of smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
pūataata
1. (noun) young of smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
tikihemi
1. (noun) half-grown smelt, common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
īnanga papa
1. (noun) common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
rangiriri
1. (noun) common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
takeke
1. (noun) piper, Hyporhamphus ihi - elongated endemic fish with lower jaw extended and beak-like. Greenish to green-blue above, pale white below, with broad silver band on side. Dorsal and anal fins set well back on body. Found in coastal waters around Aotearoa/New Zealand and Chatham Islands at depths of 0-10 m.
I te mutunga o tā mātou hao takeke i Rāpaki, he one pai, ka mea atu ahau ki taku pāpā, "Ko te wake ahau ki te kāinga." (TWK 15:4). / When we had finished netting piper fish at Rāpaki, a nice beach, I said to my father, "I am walking home."
2. (noun) full-grown common smelt, Retropinna retropinna - slender small silvery endemic freshwater fish that move about in shoals and growing to about 165 mm long. Found throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Spawn in the reaches of rivers in summer and autum then dying. Lavae washed to sea, some returning with whitebait, others returning only as adults.
