kererū
1. (noun) New Zealand pigeon, kererū, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae - a large green, copper and white native bush pigeon which was eaten by Māori. Kererū were one of two foods harvested during the Māori new year.
(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 11; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1;)
2. (noun) New Zealand pigeon feather.
Ka pūhekitia ki te kererū (W 1971:319). / It was ornamented with New Zealand pigeon feathers.
kūkū
1. (noun) New Zealand pigeon, kererū, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae - a large green, copper and white native bush pigeon which was eaten by Māori.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 11; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1;)
Ka kitea i konei te kai nei: te parāoa, te tī, te huka, te poaka, te heihei, te take, me te manu ngāherehere - te kūkū, te kākā, te kōkō (TWMNT 19/6/1872:85). / Here these foods were seen: bread, tea, sugar, pork, chicken, turkey, and the birds of the forest - pigeon, kākā, tūī.
Synonyms: karoro tangi harau, parea, kererū, rupe
kūkupa
1. (noun) New Zealand pigeon (Northern dialects), kererū, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae - a large green, copper and white native bush pigeon which was eaten by Māori.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 11; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 1;)
Ko te manu reka pea te kuaka o tēnei mea o te manu; ki te hunga kai kuaka, ki te takoto mai he kuaka, he kūkupa (kererū) kāore e mahara ki te kūkupa; mā te pau o ngā kuaka kātahi ka kai i ngā kūkupa (TP 1/11/1901:2). / Perhaps the tastiest bird is the godwit; to the people who eat godwit, if godwits and pigeons are laid out they don't think about the pigeon; only when the godwits are consumed will they eat pigeons.
See also kererū
Synonyms: rupe
parea
1. (noun) Chatham Island subspecies of New Zealand pigeon or kererū, Hemiphaga chathamensis - a large green, copper and white native bush pigeon. This subspecies is larger than the kererū with a longer tail and greyer underparts.
Synonyms: karoro tangi harau, kūkū
rupe
1. (noun) personification of the New Zealand pigeon or kererū, Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae - a large green, copper and white native bush pigeon which was eaten by Māori.
Ka whatiwhati ngā parirau o Rupe (NP 2001:199). / Rupe's wings are broken. (A whakataukī for despair with the broken wings referring to the men of the tribe being all dead or departed.)
Synonyms: kūkupa, karoro tangi harau, kererū, kūkū
3. (modifier) crooked, feet turned in, pigeon-toed.
Kei te maumahara tonu i ahau, aku hoa takatāpui, i te wā e tamariki ana, he waewae hape tētahi, he tuarā hake tētahi (TTT 1/1/1925:171). / I still remember my close friends at the time I was young, one had deformed legs, another was a hunchback.
Synonyms: hapehape
4. (noun) foot deformity, leg deformity, lame person - person with a leg or foot deformity.
I mōhiotia ki te hape o te waewae (NM 1928:95). / The deformity of his foot was known.
hapehape
1. (modifier) crooked, feet turned in, pigeon-toed.
He tamaiti tāne, he Māori, ko tōna mate he waewae hapehape (TTT 1/1/1925:172). / A Māori boy whose problem was that he was a cripple.
Synonyms: hape
2. (noun) foot deformity, leg deformity, lameness.
I mahia ōna hapehape ki Te Pukeroa, ora atu, pai atu, hoki atu ana ki tōna nei kāinga (TTT 1/1/1925:172). / His foot deformity was treated at Te Pukeroa, and when it had healed and was good he returned to his home.
hinu
1. (noun) fat, grease, lard, dripping, oil, petrol.
Homai te hinu ōriwa mō taku parāoa. / Pass the olive oil for my bread, please.
Synonyms: hinu poaka, noni, kōhinu, penehīni
2. (noun) game - e.g. pigeons, rats, etc. preserved in their own fat.
Mōrunga rawa ake te rā ka puta ngā iwi i pōhiritia rā; ana, me he tuarā wharau ki te waha mai i ngā ika tauraki kua maroke, i ngā hāpuku, i ngā mangō, i ngā tawatawa, i ngā maomao, i te tini noa iho o ngā kai o te moana, ngā mahinga a tērā iwi nui tonu, a Te Ngutuau, me ngā iwi o te ngahere, o ngā maunga, e mau mai ana i te hinu, me ērā atu kai (JPS 1911:21). / The sun was already high when the tribes who were invited appeared; they were like the thatched roof of a house carrying the dried fish, hāpuku, shark, mackerel, maomao, and all kinds of provision from the sea, which had been got ready by that great tribe, the Ngutuau, and the tribes of the forest and the mountains, who brought game and other kinds of food.
Hatupatu
1. (personal name) Arawa ancestor who was killed by his elder brothers for eating their preserved pigeons. He was revived by karakia but was held captive by Kurangaituku until he eventually escaped. The photograph shows the rock that Hatupatu is reputed to have hidden in when escaping from Kurangaituku.
