Waipounamu, Te
1. (location) South Island - sometimes written as Te Wai Pounamu, Te Wāhi Pounamu or Te Wāi Pounamu.
Ko tētehi o aua keke i waiho hei tukutuku ki ngā whanaunga, i ia wāhi, i ia wāhi o Aotearoa, o Te Waipounamu (TW 21/2/1876:72). / One of those cakes was left to be sent to relatives in each part of the North and South Islands.
See also Waka-o-Māui, Te, Waka-o-Aoraki, Te
2. (location) Greenstone Valley.
Waka-o-Aoraki, Te
1. (location) South Island - an ancient name for Te Wai Pounamu.
See also Waipounamu, Te
Waka-o-Māui, Te
1. (location) South Island.
See also Waipounamu, Te, Waka-o-Aoraki, Te
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
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
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.
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
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.
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.
kakaruwai
1. (noun) South Island robin, New Zealand robin, Petroica australis - a tame, inquisitive, small bird of the bush with dark slate-grey feathers and long thin legs. The South Island birds have a white breast.
(Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 2; Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 179; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 96;)
piropiro
1. (modifier) absolutely - follows āio as an intensifier.
Ka tae ana rāua ki te tautara, ka titiro iho ki te roto me te āio piropiro o te wai. / When they reached the summit they looked down at the lake with its perfectly calm water.
Synonyms: anō, moruka, te mutunga (kē) mai (nei) o te ..., mārika, tahi, mōrukaruka, ehara ehara, pohapoha, puru, hāwerewere, rukaruka, mārie, mārire, pū
2. (noun) intestines, bowels, guts, entrails.
E noho ana ngā ngārara o te mate nei i roto i ngā piropiro (TPH 15/10/1902:1). / The bacteria of this disease inhabit the intestines.
3. (noun) mood, feeling, disposition - usually in the plural.
I poto noa iho tana moe, koinā e kino nā ngā piropiro (PK 2008:643). / She only had a short sleep and that's why she's in a bad mood.
Kua pai anō ngā piropiro i te waeatanga mai o tana whaiāipo (PK 2008:643). / She's in a good mood again because her sweetheart has phoned.
Synonyms: wairua
4. (noun) South Island tomtit, Petroica macrocephala - a little black-and-white bird with a large head and a short tail living in forest and scrub. The South Island tomtit has a yellowish breast.
Synonyms: kōmiromiro
kōmiromiro
1. (noun) white-breasted North Island tomtit, Petroica macrocephala toitoi - a little black-and-white bird with a large head and short tail. Lives in forest and scrub.
See also miromiro
Synonyms: kikitori, māuipōtiki, pipitore, pipitori, pīmiromiro, pīngirungiru, pīmirumiru, pīrangirangi, toitoi, miromiro, hōmiromiro
2. (noun) South Island tomtit, Petroica macrocephala - a little black-and-white bird with a large head and a short tail living in forest and scrub. The South Island tomtit has a yellowish breast.
See also ngirungiru
Synonyms: piropiro
