tāupe
1. (verb) (-tia) to bend down.
I te atatū anō ka kikī ngā tiriti i te tāngata; tini, tini iho te tāngata ki ngā tiriti i haere ai ngā hōia, kapi tonu ngā whakamahau, ngā matapihi, ngā tuanui o ngā whare, ā, tāupe ana te rākau i te nui o te tāngata ki runga piri ai ānō he heke pī (HKW 1/2/191:12). / Just after sunrise the streets were full of people, crowds of people in the streets where the soldiers were marching. The verandahs, windows, roofs of the buildings, and the trees were bent down with the large number of people clinging onto them like a swarm of bees.
2. (modifier) variable.
He hau tāupe nō ngā hau e whā (Ng 1993:519). / A variable wind blows from all quarters (Ng 1993:519).
puakarimu
1. (noun) clubmoss, Lycopodium deuterodensum - tall, erect, branching stems resemble young fir trees. Aerial stems up to 100 cm high, much branched in upper part. Dull green or orange-brown triangular, pointed leaves are spirally arranged. Plants often grow in extensive colonies. Common from Lake Taupō north on bush margins, in scrub or in regenerating kauri forest.
Haurua
1. (location) The location of a large hui in 1857 in the Ngāti Maniapoto territory where confirmation of the selection of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero as the first Māori King. It was also affirmed that the Kingship was to be hereditary in his family. Pōtatau had been selected as King at Pūkawa on the western shore of Lake Taupō in November 1856.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 1-34; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 1;)
