taiaroa

1. (noun) basket, receptacle.

Synonyms: takotoranga, kete, rawhi, raurau, rourou, rahu, roroi

2. (modifier) exhausting, wearying.

Ahakoa ngā pakanga taiaroa i waenganui i a Ngāti Hako rātou ko ngā iwi o Marutūahu, kīhai i tineia rawatia ō rātou ahi ki Hauraki, ā, tatū rawa ki ēnei rā (Te Ara 2013). / Despite the exhausting battles between Ngāti Hako and the Marutūahu peoples, their fires were never completely extinguished in Hauraki, right up to today.

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taiaroa para

1. (noun) mini-bin, skip, rubbish container.

Taiaroa, Hōri Kerei

1. (personal name) (?-1905) Ngāi Tahu; son of Te Mātenga Taiaroa; leader who was elected to Parliament in 1871. Actively promoted Ngāi Tahu land claims and Kotahitanga.

Taiaroa, Te Mātenga

1. (personal name) (?-1863) Ngāi Tahu; chief and warrior who fought against Te Rauparaha and Ngāti Toa and their allies, eventually driving them out of the South Island. He played a major role in establishing peace between Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Toa.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 152-160;)

toroa

1. (noun) albatross, wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans, black-browed mollymawk, Diomedea melanophrys, southern royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora, northern royal albatross, Diomedea sanfordi - very large oceanic birds with long, narrow wings. Found in the southern waters but nest on islands in the southern ocean and at Pukekura (Taiaroa Head, Dunedin).

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 19; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 3, 25; Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 99;)

Ka pakaru ngā kākahu, ka tuia he kākahu mō rātou ki te kiri kekeno, he iwi toroa ngā ngira (TWM 20/2/1868:5). / When their clothes were ragged they sewed garments of seal skins and the needles were of albatross bone.

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2. (noun) tuft of albatross down worn as an adornment.

Ka tukua ā rātou nei hinu kakara, me ngā remu huia, me ngā hou toroa, me ngā ipu taramea ki te tino rangatira o taua pā nei, o Maungawhau (TAH 44:24). / Their fragrant oils, huia tail-feathers, albatross feathers, and containers of taramea scent were given to the head chief of the pā of Mount Eden.

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toroa ingoingo

1. (noun) royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora - a very large oceanic bird with long, narrow wings. Found in the southern waters but nests on islands in the southern ocean and at Pukekura (Taiaroa Head, Dunedin). Distinguished from other albatrosses by a black cutting edge to its upper mandible.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 19; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 3, 25;)

toroa whakaingo

1. (noun) royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora - a very large oceanic bird with long, narrow wings. Found in the southern waters but nests on islands in the southern ocean and at Pukekura (Taiaroa Head, Dunedin). Distinguished from other albatrosses by a black cutting edge to its upper mandible.

(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 19; Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 3, 25;)

Synonyms: toroa ingoingo