2. (noun) single child, only child.
E toru ā rāua tamariki, ko ngā māhanga, ā, ko te tautahi te pōtiki (PK 2008:896). / They have three children, the twins and the single child is the youngest.
Synonyms: huatahi
3. (noun) annual.
Ka ora ētahi tipu mō te tau kotahi anake, pērā i te nuinga o ngā hua whenua. Ka kīia ēnei tipu he tautahi (RP 2009:402). / Some plants live for only one year, such as the majority of vegetables. These are said to be annuals.
Tautahi
1. (personal noun) Sirius, Dog Star - one of the brightest stars in the sky and found in Kāhui Takurua (Canis Major).
See also Takurua
Uru-tautahi
1. (personal noun) sixth month of the Māori year, approximately equivalent to November and traditionally used by Ngāti Kahungunu.
See also Whiringa-ā-rangi
Tūwhare, Hone
1. (personal name) (1922-2008) Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Korokoro, Ngāti Tautahi, Te Popoto, Te Uri-o-Hau - Renowned Poet and socialist who was born at Kokewai, Mangakāhia but spent most of the second part of his life at Kaka Point on the Catlins coast. Poetry collections include No Ordinary Sun and Come Rain Hail. Robert Burns Fellow at the University of Otago in 1969 and again in 1974. At the end of his two year term he published Piggy Back Moon which was shortlisted in the 2002 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. Awarded the University of Auckland Literary Fellowship in 1991. Named New Zealand's second Te Mata Poet Laureate in 1999. Among ten of Aotearoa/New Zealand's greatest living artists named as Arts Foundation of New Zealand Icon Artists at a ceremony in 2003. In 2003, awarded one of the three inaugural Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement.
