Ika-a-Māui, Te
1. (location) North Island.
Ko ia tonu tētahi o ngā rangatira o te ope taua a Ngā Puhi i pōkai roa i Te Ika-a-Māui i ngā tau 1819 ki 1820 (TTR 1990:64). / He was one of the leaders of Ngā Puhi's war party that travelled the length of the North Island in 1819 and 1820.
Synonyms: Hutinga a Māui, Te, Aotearoa, Ikaroa-a-Māui, Te
Hutinga a Māui, Te
1. (location) North Island - an old name.
Haere, e pā! Haere ki te pito whakararo o Te Hutinga a Māui (TKP 25/10/1858:2). / Farewell, sir! Go to the northern end of the North Island.
Synonyms: Aotearoa, Ika-a-Māui, Te, Ikaroa-a-Māui, Te
Ikaroa-a-Māui, Te
1. (location) North Island - sometimes shortened to just Te Ikaroa.
Ko Te Ikaroa-a-Māui te ingoa tuatahi o tēnei motu, haunga ia a Te Wai Pounamu, kei waho atu a reira i tēnei hutinga a Māui, me tēnei ingoa (TTT 1/3/1930:1998). / Te Ikaroa-a-Māui (Māui's long fish) was the first name of this land, but it didn't include the South Island, that island was outside this catch of Māui, as is this name.
Synonyms: Hutinga a Māui, Te, Aotearoa, Ika-a-Māui, Te
piopio
1. (noun) North Island piopio, Turnagra tanagra, South Island piopio, Turnagra capensis - an endemic plump olive-brown forest bird of distinctive subspecies which are probably extinct.
Nāu, nā te Pākehā te kurī me te ngeru nāna i huna ngā kai o te motu nei, te weka, te kiwi, te kākāpō, te piopio, me te tini o ngā manu o te motu nei (TWMNT 23/4/1873:45). / It was you, the Pākehā that introduced the dog and the cat which destroyed the food of this country, the weka, kiwi, kākāpō, the piopio and the many endemic birds.
Synonyms: koropio, korohea, tiutiu, tiutiukata
2. (noun) banded dotterel, Charadrius bicinctus - a squat bird with a large head and robust bill distinguished from the New Zealand dotterel (tūturiwhatu) by two bands on the lower neck and breast. Endemic, found on beaches, river mouths and estuaries.
See also pohowera
Synonyms: pohowera, tūturiwhatu
3. (noun) tūrutu, New Zealand blueberry, Dianella nigra - loose tussock forming evergreen perennial herb, forming dense to open, diffuse clumps; rhizomes horizontally 150 mm (or more) long, strong and well developed. Leaves 250-800 x 12-18 mm, uniformly green to dark green, upright to strongly curved and distinctly drooping, more or less flat. Green or white flowers November - December and berries from grey-white and dull to strongly violet-blue and glossy.
korohea
1. (noun) North Island piopio, Turnagra tanagra, South Island piopio, Turnagra capensis - an endemic plump olive-brown forest bird of distinctive subspecies which are probably extinct.
See also piopio
Synonyms: koropio, tiutiu, tiutiukata, piopio
tiutiu
1. (noun) North Island piopio, Turnagra tanagra, South Island piopio, Turnagra capensis - an endemic plump olive-brown forest bird of distinctive subspecies which are probably extinct.
See also piopio
Synonyms: koropio, korohea, tiutiukata, piopio
koropio
1. (noun) North Island piopio, Turnagra tanagra, South Island piopio, Turnagra capensis - an endemic plump olive-brown forest bird of distinctive subspecies which are probably extinct.
See also piopio
Synonyms: korohea, tiutiu, tiutiukata, piopio
tarapō
1. (noun) kākāpō, ground parrot, Strigops habroptilus - rare, large, green endemic parrot that is nocturnal and flightless. Now found only on islands off Stewart Island.
See also kākāpō
Synonyms: tātarapō, tarepō, kākātarapō
2. (noun) female of North Island and South Island robin, Petroica longipes, Petroica australis - a tame, inquisitive, small bird of the bush with dark slate-grey feathers and long thin legs. Female has smaller pale area on belly.
kōura
1. (noun) salt-water crayfish, the southern rock lobster, red rock lobster, spiny rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii - a species of spiny lobster found throughout coastal waters of southern Australia and New Zealand including the Chatham Islands.
Ka nui te whaikōrero, ka tukua te kai, arā, te tuna, te inanga, te kōura, te toitoi (JPS 1901:74). / After a lot of speech-making, food was presented, that is eels, whitebait, crayfish and giant bully.
Synonyms: matapara, kōura papatea
2. (noun) packhorse rock lobster, Jasus verreauxi - found in the north and east of the North Island, live around rocky reefs at depths of 5 to 275m. Larger and have a slightly greener colour than rock lobster (crayfish). Distinguished by its much larger body size, smoother tail and its very broad carapace.
Synonyms: pawharu
3. (noun) North Island freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops planifrons, South Island freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops zealandicus - found in native forest, exotic forest, and pastoral waterways, but very rarely in urban streams because of chemical pollution, increased flood flows from stormwater inputs, and degradation of habitat.
pītoitoi
1. (noun) North Island robin, Petroica longipes - a tame, inquisitive, small bird of the bush with dark slate-grey feathers and long thin legs.
Nā, ka tae mai ngā miromiro, ngā pītoitoi, ngā tātāeko, ngā kōriroriro, ia manu, ia manu, me ngā tīrairaka, ka rūpeke mai (NM 1928:22). / So the white breasted tits, the New Zealand robins, the whiteheads, the grey warblers, each bird together with the fantails all assembled.
See also toutouwai
Synonyms: tariwai, tātāwai, tītīwahanui, tōtōwai, toutou, toutouwai, tarapō, mokorā
Tai Hauāuru, Te
1. (location) West Coast (of the North Island).
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)
I te hokinga whakararo ka ahu mā Te Tai Hauāuru ka whawhai ki a Mua-ūpoko, ki ngā iwi o Whanganui hoki (TTR 1990:209). / When they returned north they headed via the West Coast and fought against Mua-ūpoko and the tribes of Whanganui.
koeke
1. (verb) (-tia) to mature, grow old.
I a ia ka koeketia, i te kaha tonu ki te ārahi i tōna iwi, i a Tūhourangi me te iwi kāinga i Te Whakarewarewa; kāore tētehi take e ara, māna rawa e whakamana (TTR 1994:126). / When he reached old age he continued to lead Tūhourangi and the people of Whakarewarewa; nothing could be done without his approval.
Synonyms: whatutoto, whakapakeke, pāhake, pakeke, taipakeke, tūpakeke, pakari, taikaumātua
2. (verb) (-tia) to distend, inflate, expand.
Kua koeketia te poho o te wahine nei (W 1971:123). / This woman has distended her chest.
3. (noun) elderly man, old man, adult.
Nā tōna pāpā ake me ngā koeke i whāngai ki ngā kai mārō a tōna iwi, ā, whakangaua rawatia ki te paepae (TTR 1994:124). / His own father and the elders fed him the deep knowledge of his people, and initiated him.
Synonyms: korokoroua, ruānuku, kaumātua, pēperekōu, nehe, tāua, kokoro, koroua, tauheke, koroheke, pou
4. (noun) grasshopper.
5. (noun) shrimp, Paratya curvirostris - a species of freshwater shrimp endemic to Aotearoa/New Zealand. Found from North Island to Stewart Island, and including the Chatham Islands.
Synonyms: kōuraura, mōwhīwhiti, tarawera, kōura rangi, uraura
6. (noun) North Island freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops planifrons - found in native forest, exotic forest, and pastoral waterways, but very rarely in urban streams because of chemical pollution, increased flood flows from stormwater inputs, and degradation of habitat.
tūtūmako
1. (noun) North Island eyebright, Euphrasia cuneata - a perennial herb or subshrub up to 60 cm tall; stems woody in lower parts. Flowers white. Found in open rocky places, streamsides and among scrub, from sea level to 1500 m, from East Cape to Marlborough Sounds, Lake Ellesmere and Canterbury.
Synonyms: tūtae kiore
2. (verb) (-a) to sprinkle with water, douse.
Kātahi te māia rā ka whakaaro ki te tinei i te ahi a tōna tupuna, a Mahuika. Ka pō, ka tīkina, ka tineia, ka toutoua ngā ahi o ngā kāinga (NM 1928:17). / Then that fellow decided to extinguish the fire of his ancestor, Mahuika. When it was night he extinguished and doused the fires of the homes.
