1. (personal name) people descended from the crew of this canoe from Hawaiki who form a group of tribes in the Rotorua-Maketū area.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)

1. (personal noun) canoe which brought the ancestors of the Arawa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa tribes to Aotearoa.

(Te Māhuri Study Guide (Ed. 1): 30;)

1. the eight tribes of Te Arawa - often translated as 'the eight pulsating hearts of Te Arawa' referring to the tribes of Te Arawa, each founded by one of the eight children of Rangitihi.

1. (personal name) commander of the Te Arawa canoe which migrated from Hawaiki to Aotearoa.

1. (personal name) (?1826-1905) Te Arawa, Tūhourangi; important chief who lived at Te Wairoa and survived the Rotomahana-Tarawera eruption in 1886.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 78-81;)

1. (personal name) (1913-1986) Te Arawa, Ngāti Raukawa; famous soldier in World War II.

1. (personal name) Gilbert Mair (1843-1923) - Pākehā soldier and public servant who could speak Māori. Took part in many campaigns between 1867 and 1872 leading Te Arawa soldiers against Pai Marire followers, Waikato iwi and Te Kooti.

1. (personal name) Tama-te-kapua's grandson who, on arrival from Hawaiki, explored the Te Arawa territory.

1. (noun) brink of disaster, path to destruction – a metaphor referring to the near disaster of the Te Arawa canoe caught in a whirlpool in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

1. (noun) brink of disaster, path to destruction, jaws of death – a metaphor referring to the near disaster of the Te Arawa canoe caught in a whirlpool in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

1. alternating speakers between tangata whenua and manuhiri at a pōhiri as in the system used on marae in Te Arawa and Waikato. In most other tribal areas the system called pāeke is used where all the local speakers speak first.

1. (loan) (personal name) Harry Delamere Barter Dansey (1920-1979) Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa; reporter, cartoonist, writer, broadcaster, local politician, race relations conciliator.

1. (verb) to barter, bargain, trade.

1. (noun) rhythmic chant without actions similar to manawa wera and peculiar to Te Arawa tribes.

1. (noun) alternating speakers between tangata whenua and mahuhiri at a pōhiri as in the system used on marae in Te Arawa and Waikato. In most other tribal areas the system called pāeke is used where all the local speakers speak first.

1. (noun) variety of harakeke from Te Arawa. Medium to tall bush, bendy, wide, soft and shiny blades. Pale yellow-green with a very pale cream margin and keel. Produces flower heads on very dark purple stems, and later, rather droopy, twisted seed pods. Good for green kete.

1. (noun) alternating speakers between tangata whenua and manuhiri at a pōhiri as in the system used on marae in Te Arawa and Waikato. In most other tribal areas the system called pāeke is used where all the local speakers speak first.

1. (personal name) great tohunga from Hawaiki who came to Aotearoa on the Te Arawa canoe.