2. (loan) (personal noun) Google - multinational technology company specialising in Internet-related services and products.
Nā Kūkara hoki i whakarewa tāna ake pūmanawa rapu reo Māori i te tau 2008 (NZ Herald 4/7/2016:A8). / Google began its Māori-language search engine in 2008 (NZ Herald 4/7/2016:A8).
Hāwea, Wiha Mohi Penetito
1. (personal name) (?-2009) Ngāti Awa. A fluent speaker, translator and promoter of Māori language, Wiha was a teacher for 15 years at pioneering Huntly immersion school Te Wharekura o Rākaumangamanga. She was a contributor to the Māori language dictionary, He Pātaka Kupu and a lead translator on the Māori Google project. More recently she was a language coach on Vincent Ward's film Rain of the Children, which was co-produced by her husband Tainui Stephens. Also known as Wiha Te Raki Hāwea.
