kapa
1. (loan) (noun) penny, copper - a former bronze coin equal to one-two-hundred-and fortieth of a pound. Still a British coin now equal to one-hundredth of a pound.
2. (loan) (noun) copper, copper ore.
He nui hoki ngā rino kōhatu, kapa, me ngā tini mea pērā (TW 10/8/1878:401). / And there is a great amount of iron ore, copper and suchlike.
purutōne
1. (loan) (noun) blue stone, copper sulphate.
He mea whakananu pea ki te tupeka, ki te purutōne (TP 10/1905:11). / It was probably mixed with tobacco and blue stone.
See also purutone
kūkū
1. (noun) New Zealand pigeon, kererū, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae - a large green, copper and white native bush pigeon which was eaten by Māori.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 11; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1;)
Ka kitea i konei te kai nei: te parāoa, te tī, te huka, te poaka, te heihei, te take, me te manu ngāherehere - te kūkū, te kākā, te kōkō (TWMNT 19/6/1872:85). / Here these foods were seen: bread, tea, sugar, pork, chicken, turkey, and the birds of the forest - pigeon, kākā, tūī.
Synonyms: karoro tangi harau, parea, kererū, rupe
kūkupa
1. (noun) New Zealand pigeon (Northern dialects), kererū, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae - a large green, copper and white native bush pigeon which was eaten by Māori.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 11; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1;)
Ko te manu reka pea te kuaka o tēnei mea o te manu; ki te hunga kai kuaka, ki te takoto mai he kuaka, he kūkupa (kererū) kāore e mahara ki te kūkupa; mā te pau o ngā kuaka kātahi ka kai i ngā kūkupa (TP 1/11/1901:2). / Perhaps the tastiest bird is the godwit; to the people who eat godwit, if godwits and pigeons are laid out they don't think about the pigeon; only when the godwits are consumed will they eat pigeons.
See also kererū
Synonyms: rupe
rupe
1. (noun) personification of the New Zealand pigeon or kererū, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae - a large green, copper and white native bush pigeon which was eaten by Māori.
Ka whatiwhati ngā parirau o Rupe (NP 2001:199). / Rupe's wings are broken. (A whakataukī for despair with the broken wings referring to the men of the tribe being all dead or departed.)
Synonyms: kūkupa, karoro tangi harau, kererū, kūkū
parea
1. (noun) Chatham Island subspecies of New Zealand pigeon or kererū, Hemiphaga chathamensis - a large green, copper and white native bush pigeon. This subspecies is larger than the kererū with a longer tail and greyer underparts.
Synonyms: karoro tangi harau, kūkū
kererū
1. (noun) New Zealand pigeon, kererū, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae - a large green, copper and white native bush pigeon which was eaten by Māori. Kererū were one of two foods harvested during the Māori new year.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 11; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1;)
2. (noun) New Zealand pigeon feather.
Ka pūhekitia ki te kererū (W 1971:319). / It was ornamented with New Zealand pigeon feathers.
haumata
1. (noun) red tussock, snow grass, Chionochloa rubra - a tussock found throughout New Zealand from the central Plateau southward. Has reddish colourings ranging from a brownish green through to copper. It has fine weeping leaves and grows 1-1.6m high with flowering stems just within or partly above the foliage.
