rawhiti - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

rāwhiti

1. (modifier) eastern.

Ka hangaia te tumere ki te taha rāwhiti o te whare (HP 1991:12). / The chimney was built on the eastern side of the house.

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Tai Rāwhiti, Te

1. (location) East Coast (of the North Island) - sometimes written as two words, i.e. Te Tairāwhiti.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)

Ko ia tētahi o ngā ihorei rongonui o taua rohe i te taenga tuatahi atu o ngā Pākehā ki Te Tai Rāwhiti (TTR 1990:111). / He was one of the famous leaders of that district when Pākehā first arrived on the East Coast.

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rāwhiti-mā-tonga

1. (noun) south-east, sou'east.

Motutaiko: He moutere kei te taha rāwhiti-mā-tonga o te moana o Taupō (M 2006:172). / Motutaiko: An island in the south-east of Lake Taupō.

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tonga-mā-rāwhiti

1. (noun) south-east, sou'east.

Ko Waikaremoana te whaitua o te rohe pōtae o Tūhoe ki te tonga-mā-rāwhiti (Te Ara 2013). / Lake Waikaremoana is the region in the south-east of the Tūhoe territory.

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