haunui
1. (noun) dew.
He atua katoa o roto o ngā rangi ngahuru-mā-rua. He ira-atua anake rātou me ā rātou wāhine, he ira-atua katoa, me ā rātou mokopuna; he tipua katoa. E kaha ana ki te tango i te āhua o ngā mea katoa, ahakoa he aha te āhua; he wai, he rākau, he kōwhatu, he oneone, he hau, he haunui, he ngārara, he kiore, he uira, he kapua, he kurī, he tangata me ērā atu mea (JPS 1922:48). / They are all gods that dwell in the twelve heavens. They are all genes as are the females and their descendants; they are all supernatural beings. They have the ability to take on the semblance of all things whatever their nature; water, trees, stones, earth, wind, dew, reptiles, rats, lightning, clouds, dogs, man, and many other things.
toroa haunui
1. (noun) light-mantled sooty albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata - a large seabird with sooty-brown head, throat and wings. The back from nape to rump is ash-grey and the bill is black with a blue line along the lower bill.
See also toroa pango
Synonyms: pēō, toroa pango, toroa ruru, kōputu, toroa-a-ruru
Hīpango, Hoani Wiremu
1. (personal name) (?1820-1865) Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi; Chief, teacher and assessor.
Nō te 2 o Hepetema 1841, ka moea e Hīpango a Rāwinia Rere i Pūtiki Wharanui, e pātata atu rā ki te pūwaha o Whanganui (TTR 1990:16). / On 2 September 1841 Hīpango married Rāwinia Rere at Pūtiki Wharanui, near the mouth of the Whanganui River.
