2. (noun) mangrove, Avicennia marina - a native tree with oval, leathery leaves, dull white beneath, opposite, with curled edges. Flowers are dull yellow, small and sweet-smelling while the fruit is a yellow capsule. Found in coastal swamps in the northern part of the North Island and has pencil-like breathing roots that poke out of the mud.
whatu
1. (verb) (-a) to weave (garments, baskets, etc.), knit.
Whatua mai te aho kia kāwitiwiti, kia kātoatoa mō te oti wawe, e hine! (TTT 1/4/1929:s178) / For an earlier completion, weave the cross threads so that they taper and contract, girl!
Synonyms: nitiniti
2. (noun) finger-weaving, fibre-weaving.
Nā te mate haere o ana kanohi, pāngia ake hoki e te kaikōiwi, ka uaua tana whakaoti i te whatu manganga (TTR 2000:76). / Failing eyesight and arthritis made it difficult for her to complete intricate weaving.
patatē
1. (noun) seven finger, Schefflera digitata - a small forest tree which has hand-shaped leaves with fine teeth and three to nine 'fingers'. Flowers in large drooping stalks. A soft wood used in making fire. Found from North Island to Stewart Island in damp parts of the forest and along stream banks.
Koirā a ia i kī ai: 'Māku anō e hanga tōku nei whare. Ko te tāhuhu he hīnau ko ngā poupou he māhoe, patatē. Me whakatupu ki te hua o te rengarenga, me whakapakari ki te hua o te kawariki.' (TTR 1994:134). / That's why he said: 'I myself shall build my house. The ridge-pole will be of hīnau and the supporting posts of māhoe and patatē. Raise the people with the fruit of the rengarenga, strengthened them with the fruits of the kawariki.'
patē
1. (noun) seven finger, Schefflera digitata - a small forest tree which has hand-shaped leaves with fine teeth and three to nine 'fingers'. Flowers in large drooping stalks. A soft wood used in making fire. Found from North Island to Stewart Island in damp parts of the forest and along stream banks. Also called patatē.
puahou
1. (noun) five-finger, Pseudopanax arboreus - a tree with compound leaves with five to seven 'fingers' and thick, leathery leaves with large teeth. A small, many-branched, round-headed tree with thick, brittle, spreading branches. One of the most common native trees.
See also whaupaku
Synonyms: whauwhaupaku, whau, whaupaku, tauparapara, houhou
whaupaku
1. (noun) five-finger, Pseudopanax arboreus - a tree with compound leaves with five to seven 'fingers' and thick, leathery leaves with large teeth. A small, many-branched, round-headed tree with thick, brittle, spreading branches. One of the most common native trees.
Synonyms: whauwhaupaku, whau, tauparapara, houhou, puahou
houhou
1. (noun) five-finger, Pseudopanax arboreus - a tree with compound leaves with five to seven 'fingers' and thick, leathery leaves with large teeth. A small, many-branched, round-headed tree with thick, brittle, spreading branches. One of the most common native trees.
See also whaupaku
Synonyms: whauwhaupaku, whau, whaupaku, tauparapara, puahou
houmāpara
1. (noun) coastal five finger, Pseudopanax lessonii - a native tree with toothed leaves arranged in a hand-shape with 3-5 stalkless 'fingers' of glossy leaves with a raised midvein. Small, black seeds are in loose clusters. Found in coastal scrub and forest of northern North Island.
See also houpara
Synonyms: houparapara, parapara, whauwhau
kōtētē
1. (noun) seven finger, Schefflera digitata - a small forest tree which has hand-shaped leaves with fine teeth and three to nine 'fingers'. Flowers in large drooping stalks. A soft wood used in making fire. Found from North Island to Stewart Island in damp parts of the forest and along stream banks.
parapara
1. (noun) coastal five finger, Pseudopanax lessonii - a native tree with toothed leaves arranged in a hand-shape with 3-5 stalkless 'fingers' of glossy leaves with a raised midvein. Small, black seeds are in loose clusters. Found in coastal scrub and forest of northern North Island.
See also houpara
Synonyms: houparapara, houmāpara, whauwhau
2. (noun) parapara, Pisonia brunoniana, bird-catcher tree - a native shrub of quick, rather soft growth carrying leaves up to 40 cm long of dark glossy green with nodular ridges down the length of the fruit that secrete a sticky substance.
He tikanga tā Ngāti Porou ki te tango i te hinu mai i ngā kākano o te parapara mā te koromamao, te paopao me te penupenu i ngā kākano (Te Ara 2012). / The Ngāti Porou tribe had a practice of extracting the oil from the seeds of parapara by steaming, pounding and pressing them.
Synonyms: pūhāureroa, pūwhāureroa
patete
1. (noun) seven finger, Schefflera digitata - a small forest tree which has hand-shaped leaves with fine teeth and three to nine 'fingers'. Flowers in large drooping stalks. A soft wood used in making fire. Found from North Island to Stewart Island in damp parts of the forest and along stream banks.
2. (noun) incantation to begin a speech - the actual tauparapara used are a way that tangata whenua are able to identify a visiting group, as each tribe has tauparapara peculiar to them. Tauparapara are a type of karakia.
Ko wai hoki ka mōhio ki ngā whakamārama me te pūtakenga mai o ngā tauparapara katoa? (HM 4/1998:6). / Who can possibly know the explanations and the origin of all tauparapara?
See also tau, whaikōrero
3. (noun) five-finger, Pseudopanax arboreus - a tree with compound leaves with five to seven 'fingers' and thick, leathery leaves with large teeth. A small, many-branched, round-headed tree with thick, brittle, spreading branches. One of the most common native trees.
whau
1. (noun) cork tree, corkwood, Entelea arborescens - a native tree with large, heart-shaped, toothed, soft leaves, large white flowers and distinctive fruit of large, brown, spine-covered seed capsules. Found in coastal areas of the North Island at the base of cliffs and in sheltered gullies.
Ka utaina ngā peka mākū o te whau me te karamū ki runga i te ahi, ko te koromāhu hei rongoā mō ngā poroiwi kua whati (Te Ara 2012). / Wet branches were thrown on a fire with whau and karamū, to make steam as treatment for broken bones.
2. (noun) five-finger, Pseudopanax arboreus - a tree with compound leaves with five to seven 'fingers' and thick, leathery leaves with large teeth. A small, many-branched, round-headed tree with thick, brittle, spreading branches. One of the most common native trees.
See also whaupaku
Synonyms: whauwhaupaku, whaupaku, tauparapara, houhou, puahou
2. (noun) coastal five finger, Pseudopanax lessonii - a native tree with toothed leaves arranged in a hand-shape with 3-5 stalkless 'fingers' of glossy leaves with a raised midvein. Small, black seeds are in loose clusters. Found in coastal scrub and forest of northern North Island.
See also houpara
Synonyms: houparapara, parapara, houmāpara
2. (noun) kūmara moth, convolvulus hawk moth, Agrius convolvuli - a grey-brown native moth with a striped body. Often seen sucking nectar from the flowers of the gourd plant. The large caterpillar (hōtete, kauā orkauwaha) was a pest in gardens, eating the leaves of the kūmara.
