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Māngere

1. (location) Māngere Mountain on the shores of the Manukau Harbour.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 107;)

Kupenga o Taramainuku, Te

1. (location) Manukau Harbour bar.

Nō ēnei ngā rā, ka whano ka wareware ki ngā tētē, ki ngā tīwai, ki ngā tāraro i hoea ai Te Moana ki Tīkapa, ki Te Kupenga o Taramainuku, ki ngā tahataha o Tāmaki, o hea, o hea (KO 15/8/1883:6). / These days we are on the verge of forgetting the canoes with a figurehead without arms and legs, the dugout canoes and the canoes adorned with plumes and carving that paddled the Hauraki Gulf, the Manukau Harbour bar, the shores of Tāmaki and other places.

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Puke-tutu

1. (location) Weeks Island (Manukau Harbour, Auckland).

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 107;)

Mānuka-o-Hotunui, Te

1. (location) Manukau Harbour.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 6, 104, 107;)

Koia te tāhuna e takoto nā i te taha raki o te pūaha o Mānuka (JPS 1946:32). / This is the sandbank that lies to the north of the Manukau Harbour entrance.

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pou

1. (noun) tawāpou, Planchonella costata - a branched tree reaching 15 m high found on islands and headlands from North Cape to Tolaga Bay in the east and to the Manukau Harbour in the west. Branches are clothed with hairs and the oval-oblong leaves are thick, leathery and shiny with a distinct midvein and lateral veins. Branches exude a milky fluid if cut. Large, tough, leathery leaves are glossy with obvious veins. Flowers are usually solitary and fruit is orange to purple-black containing 1-4 hard, curved, polished seeds.

See also tawāpou

Synonyms: orewa, tawāpou

Ngāti Te Ata

1. (personal noun) tribal group of the southern and western shores of the Manukau Harbour.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 117;)

tawāpou

1. (noun) tawāpou, Planchonella costata - a branched tree reaching 15 m high found on islands and headlands from North Cape to Tolaga Bay in the east and to the Manukau Harbour in the west. Branches are clothed with hairs and the oval-oblong leaves are thick, leathery and shiny with a distinct midvein and lateral veins. Branches exude a milky fluid if cut. Large, tough, leathery leaves are glossy with obvious veins. Flowers are usually solitary and fruit is orange to purple-black containing 1-4 hard, curved, polished seeds.

Synonyms: orewa, pou

orewa

1. (noun) tawāpou, Planchonella costata - a branched tree reaching 15 m high found on islands and headlands from North Cape to Tolaga Bay in the east and to the Manukau Harbour in the west. Branches are clothed with hairs and the oval-oblong leaves are thick, leathery and shiny with a distinct midvein and lateral veins. Branches exude a milky fluid if cut. Large, tough, leathery leaves are glossy with obvious veins. Flowers are usually solitary and fruit is orange to purple-black containing 1-4 hard, curved, polished seeds. Also called Pouteria costata.

See also tawāpou

Synonyms: pou, tawāpou

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