Maungawhau
1. (location) Mount Eden (Auckland).
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 107;)
Ka tukua ā rātou nei hinu kakara, me ngā remu huia, me ngā hou toroa, me ngā ipu taramea ki te tino rangatira o taua pā nei, o Maungawhau (TAH 44:24). / Their fragrant oils, huia tail-feathers, albatross feathers, and containers of taramea scent were given to the head chief of the pā of Mount Eden.
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia) to climb upon, mount, board, embark, get on, go on board.
Ka tae ki Awarua, ka whakaeke atu rātou ko tōna whānau ki runga ki tētahi poti hī ika i waenganui pō (TTR 1996:71). / When they reached Bluff, she and her family would board a fishing boat at midnight.
3. (verb) (-a,-ngia) go onto (e.g. a marae).
I reira tonu tōna tinana e tangihia ana e ngā ope whakaeke (HP 1991:19). / Her body was right there being wept over by the groups who came onto the marae.
4. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to levy, impose.
Kua kaha haere te whakaaro kia whakaekea he reti ki runga ki ngā whenua Māori (RT 2013:106). / The idea is strengthening that rents be levied on Māori land.
5. (noun) arrival of guests, entrance.
Nō te ata o te rā o te whakaeke ka tae mai ētahi o te marae ki te wāhi e noho ana mātou ki te kī noa mai kua kore i taea e rātou te hui te whakatū nā te mea kua hinga mai he tūpāpaku ki tō rātou marae (HM 4/1998:7). / On the morning of the welcome on to the marae some of the people of the marae arrived at the place we were staying at to say that they were no longer able to host the meeting because they had a death on their marae.
6. (noun) entrance (e.g. onto a stage), entrance song, entrance item - a term used for the item of a traditional performing arts competition during which the performing group takes the stage.
Ko te whakaeke he waiata, he haka, he mau rākau, he nekeneke ā-kapa kia puta ai te kapa ki runga i te atamira (RMR 2017). / The entrance is a song, a haka, weaponry and group movements so that the group can emerge onto the stage.
Maunganui
1. (location) Mount Maunganui (Tauranga).
Nā Tamatea-arikinui i hoatu te ingoa ‘Maunganui’ hei ingoa anō mō Mauao, hei whakamaharatanga ake ki tētahi maunga hanga rite i Hawaiki (Te Ara 2011). / Tamatea-arikinui gave the name Maunganui as another name for Mauao in memory of a similar mountain in Hawaiki.
Ōhinerau
1. (location) Mount Hobson (Auckland).
Synonyms: Remuera
eke
1. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to get on, embark, board (a vessel), mount (a horse, vehicle, etc.), ride, accede - generally to place on something else.
I eke ia ki runga i te iata o tōna hoa, ka haere ki te whakarērere i te moana; ko te putanga o te pūrekereke hau, whati tonu atu te maihe o te kaipuke, ka hinga ki te moana (TP 1/6/1901:7). / He embarked on his friend's yacht and went to sail about on the ocean; a gust of wind blew and the mast of the ship snapped and fell into the sea.
See also eke hōiho
Synonyms: whakaae
2. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to come in to land, reach, beach, land and settle.
Ka eke a Whata ki runga ki tēnei whenua noho ai (JPS 1906:61). / Whata landed on this land to live.
3. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to climb, ascend.
Ko tētahi maunga tino tiketike rawa ko Irihia; e rua rā tūturu e piki ana ka eketia ai te tihi (JPS 1927:350). / There was a very high mountain called Irihia, and ascending to the summit took two full days of climbing.
4. (verb) to rise (as a star, etc.).
5. (verb) to rise in swellings.
He mate pukupuku, ka papauku katoa te kiri, he eke nō te kiri (W 1971:261). / A cutaneous disease, covering all the skin, and having swellings of the skin.
6. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to achieve, manage to reach, attain.
Ka mea anō a Tāwhaki ki a rātau, “Ee, kei te wene koutou kei eke te toru rau i a au! Kāti noa te harawene, e hoa mā!” (TAH 35:20) / Tāwhaki said to them, “Hey, you are all jealous that I might manage three hundred! Stop being jealous, my friends!”
Synonyms: tutuki
7. (verb) (-a,-ngia,-tia) to exercise over, control, subject to, liable to.
I nāianei ki te whakaritea ngā kawenga a te ture i whakaae ai ki runga ki ō tātau whenua, kāore rawa e tata atu ki te taimaha o ngā kawenga kei runga i ngā whenua Pākehā. Ko ngā whenua papatipu kāore e eketia e te reiti (TTT 1/7/1922:8). / Currently, if the legal liabilities that are authorised on our lands are compared, the burden is nowhere near as heavy as it is on Pākehā properties. Māori land held under customary title is not subject to rates.
8. (noun) riding, embarking, boarding (a vessel), mounting (a horse, vehicle, etc.).
E hia kē nei ngā mētara me ngā paraihe i riro mai i a ia mō te whutupaoro, mō te eke paihikara, mō te mekemeke me ērā atu whakataetae (TTR 1996:202). / He won many medals and trophies in football, cycling, boxing and other sports.
3. (verb) (-a) to beat to windward.
Mauao
1. (location) Mount Maunganui (Tauranga).
Nā Tamatea-arikinui i hoatu te ingoa ‘Maunganui’ hei ingoa anō mō Mauao, hei whakamaharatanga ake ki tētahi maunga hanga rite i Hawaiki (Te Ara 2011). / Tamatea-arikinui gave the name Maunganui as another name for Mauao in memory of a similar mountain in Hawaiki.
See also Maunganui
maunga
1. (noun) mountain, mount, peak.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 103; Te Kākano Audio Tapes/CDs (Ed. 2): exercise 47;)
Kei te āta āngia haeretia e te Pākehā, āpōpō ake nei piri mai ana i ngā pari, i runga rānei i ngā keokeonga o ngā maunga (TTT 1/3/1930:1992). / We are slowly being driven out by the Pākehā and soon will be clinging to the cliffs or on the peaks of the mountains.
Synonyms: kake, ekeeke, whakaeke, keokeo, matatihi, keo, tautara, tara, tihi, keokeonga, keho, tāpuhipuhi, karamata
Pūtauaki
1. (location) Mount Edgecumbe (Bay of Plenty).
I tū a Hāmiora Tumutara ki te whakatakoto kupu i te wāhanga i ngā whenua o Pūtauaki, o Matahina, o Pōkohu, o Kaingaroa, o Te Haehaenga (TTR 1994:89). / Hāmiora Tumutara stood to give evidence regarding the blocks of land at Mount Edgecumbe, Matahina, Pōkohu, Kaingaroa and Te Haehaenga.
