2. (noun) a bird with white feathers.
Te ritenga o te tapukōrako, he kāhu. E rua hoki ngā kāhu, kotahi mea whero, kotahi kāhu mā. Anā, ko te kāhu mā te kōrako. Koia i whakataukītia ai te kiri mā, 'me tapukōrako te kiri o mea' (Biggs 1997:119). / A tapukōrako is a hawk. There are two hawks, one is reddish and the other is white. The white hawk is the kōrako. Thus it is said of a white skin, 'So-and-so's skin is like that of the sacred white hawk.'
kāhu kōrako
1. (noun) old harrier hawk (Circus approximans gouldi) - as the bird ages the plumage fades from dark brown to pale greyish brown.
See also kāhu
2. (noun) chief, highest-ranking leader.
Ko Pōkaia, hei pāpā ki a Hōne Heke, te kāhu kōrako o te riri (TTR 1990:18). / Pōkaia, an uncle of Hōne Heke, was the war leader.
