Tai Rāwhiti, Te
1. (location) East Coast (of the North Island) - sometimes written as two words, i.e. Te Tairāwhiti.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)
Ko ia tētahi o ngā ihorei rongonui o taua rohe i te taenga tuatahi atu o ngā Pākehā ki Te Tai Rāwhiti (TTR 1990:111). / He was one of the famous leaders of that district when Pākehā first arrived on the East Coast.