taranga - Te Aka Māori Dictionary

tāranga

1. (noun) tāranga, Pimelea longifolia - an upright shrub found in scrubland throughout Aotearoa/New Zealand. Has lance-shaped leathery leaves and round heads of fragrant white to pale pink flowers in spring and summer.

2. (noun) Veronica stenophylla - bushy shrub bearing pairs of very narrow leaves that have small pits near margin inhabiting central Aotearoa/New Zealand. Leaves to 87mm long by 9.5mm wide, upper side dotted. Flowers white, tubular, in spikes to 95mm long.

korokio tāranga

1. (noun) korokio, Corokia cotoneaster - a native shrub with alternating spoon-shaped long leaves, silvery white below and bright yellow, star-like flowers. Fruit is bright red to yellow. Has black bark and tangled zigzag branches; Corokia buddleoides - a native shrub with long, narrow, alternating leaves, silvery white below. Bright yellow flowers are star-like and the fruit dark red to black.

Synonyms: korokio

koromiko tāranga

1. (noun) koromiko tāranga, Hebe stenophylla - a shrub found throughout the North and South Islands in forests and on the banks of streams. The light green leaves are narrow and lance-shaped. White to lilac flowers appear in profusion in summer.

kōkōmuka tāranga

1. (noun) koromiko tāranga, Hebe stenophylla, Hebe parviflora - a shrub found in the North and South Islands in forests and on the banks of streams. The light green leaves are narrow and lance-shaped. White to lilac flowers appear in profusion in summer.

Māui-tikitiki-o-Taranga

1. (personal name) full name of Māui, well-known Polynesian character of narratives. He performed a number of amazing feats. Also known as Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga and Māui-pōtiki.

Ko te whakamaharatanga tēnei ki te āhua o te whenua i hangā houtia nei e te kāpura a Mahuika, i māmingatia nei e tana mokopuna e Māui-tikitiki-o-Taranga (KO 24/8/1886:7). / This is a memorial to the landscape reconstructed by the fire of Mahuika who was tricked by Māui-tikitiki-o-Taranga.

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Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga

1. (personal name) well-known Polynesian character of narratives. He performed a number of amazing feats. Also known as Māui-tikitiki-o-Taranga and Māui-pōtiki.

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 62-63, 73, 82-85, 86-87;)

Kātahi ka kī atu a Māui ki ōna taokete, 'Kaua koutou e kata ki a au ina tomo au ki roto ki a Hine-nui-te-pō.' (TPH 30/11/1911:9) / Then Māui said to his brothers-in-law, 'You must not laugh at me when I go into Hine-nui-te-pō.'

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raupōtaranga

1. (noun) Poor Nights lily, Xeronema callistemon - a plant from the Poor Nights and Hen and Chicken Islands that has fans of flax-like leaves up to 80 cm high. It bears stems of bottlebrush-like red flowers.