rangitoto

1. (noun) lava, scoria.

I whakangaromia te whare e te rangitoto me te pungarehu o te maunga. / The house was destroyed by the lava and the ash of the mountain.

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Synonyms: rahoto, tahepuia, matā

2. (noun) volcano.

Mutu ana te puha o taua rangitoto, ka puha anō ko tētahi i mamao noa atu, kotahi rau māero te mataratanga o tētahi o tētahi o aua puha nei (TW 21/8/1875:160). / When this volcano ceased erupting, another one erupted some distance away. Those eruptions were a hundred miles from each other.

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Rangitoto ki te tonga

1. (location) D'Urville Island.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)

Hei te tatanga atu ki Te Aumiti, he kūititanga nō te moana i waenganui o Rangitoto me te tuawhenua, ka whakapiri tētahi ika tipua ki tō mātou tima, he taniwha pea (TP 1/8/1900:12). / On approaching French Pass, a narrow passage of the sea between D'Urville Island and the mainland, a frightening fish attached itself to our ship. Perhaps it was a monster.

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Ngā Pona-toru-a-Peretu

1. (location) Rangitoto Island (Auckland) - another name for Rangitoto's peaks.

Rangi-i-tōtōngia-ai-te ihu-o Tamatekapua, Te

1. (location) Rangitoto Island - the full name.

Maunga-hekea

1. (location) Little Rangitoto (Auckland).

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 107;)

pakohe

1. (modifier) argillite.

He toka tū moana a Rangitoto i whakairotia ai te toki pakohe (Te Ara 2016). / D'Urville Island was a centre where argillite adzes were manufactured.

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2. (noun) argillite, metamorphosed indurated mudstone - a dark grey stone often used for weapons and sometimes musical instruments. Particularly associated with the Nelson-Marlborough region, Rangitoto (D'Urville Island), along the Whangamoa mineral belt, and in the upper reaches of the Maitai, Wairoa and Motueka Rivers.

Kua kitea ētahi i hangaia mai i te pakohe me te tangiwai (Te Ara 2012). / Some have been found made of argillite and bowenite.

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3. (noun) weapon made of argillite.