mukimuki
1. (noun) Doodia mollis, Blechnum molle, Doodia caudata - Small, tufted fern with erect rhizomes. Narrow hairy fronds. Stipes 30-150 mm long, clad in pale brown scales. Found in the North Island from Awanui south to the Hamilton Basin, Hauraki Plains, coastal portion of the Bay of Plenty and from the Hawkes Bay, and the southern Wairarapa.
mokimoki
1. (noun) fragrant fern, Microsorum scandens - scrambling or climbing fern with a wiry, rambling stem. The dull, thin fronds are strap-like when young, becoming deeply lobed into up to 20 pairs of leaflets. Common in forest or on trees, rocks or damp ground. Traditionally used for scenting oil.
2. (noun) Doodia mollis, Blechnum molle, Doodia caudata - Small, tufted fern with erect rhizomes. Narrow hairy fronds. Stipes 30-150 mm long, clad in pale brown scales. Found in the North Island from Awanui south to the Hamilton Basin, Hauraki Plains, coastal portion of the Bay of Plenty and from the Hawkes Bay, and the southern Wairarapa.
See also mukimuki
naupiro
1. (noun) stinkwood, Coprosma foetidissima - shrub or tree up to 6 m tall with narrow to broadly ovate leaves which smell of rotten eggs when crushed. Drupes yellow to orange.
See also hūpiro
2. (noun) mountain aniseed, New Zealand aniseed, Gingidia montana - stout to somewhat laxly erect perennial herb. An endemic plant found in the North and South Islands. In the North Island now extremely scarce but formerly said to have occurred from about Kāwhia and the southern Hawkes Bay south to the Wairarapa. In the South Island widespread throughout. Now largely confined to cliffs, rock outcrops and seepages above roadsides.
Nēpia, Hōri
1. (personal name) George Nēpia (1905/8?-1986) Ngāti Rākaipāka; famous rugby player representing Aotearoa/New Zealand in both rugby and rugby league. He was a star for the celebrated Hawke's Bay team and then the 1924-25 All Black team known as The Invincibles.
Nō te 27 o Ākuhata 1986 i mate ai a Hōri Nēpia ki Ruatōria (TTR 1998:121). / George Nepia died at Ruatoria on 27 August 1986.
Huata, Wiremu Te Tau
1. (personal name) (1917-1991) Ngāti Kahungunu; Church of England minister and military chaplain to the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion in World War II in Egypt and Italy. Excelled at rugby representing Hawke's Bay. Revived the Waikato Māori Mission in Waikato-King Country from 1952 to 1972 and established strong links with the King Movement.
2. (noun) variety of harakeke from Hawke's Bay. Superior variety with strong, straight, short narrow blades tapering to a sharp point. Pale yellow-green leaves with bright orange keel and margins. Very fine, tall flower stalks. Muka variety and very good for kaitaka, whāriki, kete and piupiu.
Ka whenutia te tāroa hei whenu; ko te tāpoto, hei aho tēnā (W 1971:385). / The lesser quality flax is twisted as a warp strand; the superior quality flax, that's for the weft strand.
