pōhā
1. (noun) kelp bag - a receptacle made of kelp and tōtara bark to hold preserved birds.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 14-16;)
Ko tā Hīria he kohi rimurapa hei hanga pōhā tītī, he raranga kete pupuri pōhā hei kawe mai i ngā tītī i te motu (TTR 1996:71). / Hiria's task was gathering kelp to make bags for preserving, and weaving baskets for transporting the mutton-birds off the island.
rimurapa
1. (noun) bull kelp, Durvillaea antarctica - a large, brown, edible seaweed several metres long with an extraordinary holdfast against violent seas on rocky coasts. Has a fleshy stem and the blade is broad and leathery or divided into long thongs. Common around the South Island coast. Used to make pōhā for preserving birds.
He tahā nga paepae huahua, he kiri tōtara, ā ki ngā iwi o te taha moana he rimurapa ngā pōhā (M 2004:80). / Besides calabashes, containers of tōtara bark were used and for coastal tribes the pōhā bags were of bull kelp.
kōauau
1. (noun) cross-blown flute - smaller than a pūtōrino, this instrument was traditionally made of wood, bone or a species of kelp. Most have three finger holes (wenewene), but some have none and others five or six.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 167-168, 170-171;)
I runga i tana kōhatu a Hinemoa e noho ana i te tangihanga mai o te kōauau a Tūtānekai i Mokoia (TTT 1/6/1927:599). / Hinemoa was sitting on her rock when Tūtānekai played his flute on Mokoia Island.
2. (noun) bull kelp, Durvillaea antarctica - a large, brown, edible seaweed several metres long with an extraordinary holdfast against violent seas on rocky coasts. Has a fleshy stem and the blade is broad and leathery or divided into long thongs. Common around the South Island coast. Used to make pōhā for preserving birds.
tāngahangaha
1. (noun) banded wrasse, Notolabrus fucicola - purple-green fish with five indistinct yellowish bands. Generally found in areas of dense seaweed or kelp, usually in depths of 0-15 m around the Aotearoa/New Zealand coast.
Ko te tāmure me te hake ki te raki, ko te tāngahangaha, te koihi, te puaihakarua ki te tonga (Te Ara 2013). / Snapper and kingfish are to the north, while banded wrasse, telescope fish and sea perch are to the south.
Synonyms: tāngāngā
tāngāngā
1. (noun) banded wrasse, Notolabrus fucicola - purple-green fish with five indistinct yellowish bands. Generally found in areas of dense seaweed or kelp, usually in depths of 0-15 m around the Aotearoa/New Zealand coast.
See also tāngahangaha
Synonyms: tāngahangaha
