ao tūroa
1. (noun) light of day, world, Earth, nature, enduring world, natural world.
Moriānuku: He puke kei Te Rerenga Wairua. Hei reira ngā wairua poroparoaki mai ai ki te ao tūroa (M 2004:204). / Moriānuku: A hill at Te Rerenga Wairua (The Leaping Place of Spirits). There the spirits bid farewell to the natural world.
Synonyms: aotūroa, taiao, āhua, Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao mārama, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, Takero, Tāwera, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, ao
tūroa onamata
1. (noun) tūroa onamata, Ackama nubicola - tree to 15 m tall with many trunks arising from the ground. Foliage dense at branch apex. Seedling leaves pale greenish pink and hairy. Mature pointed leaves in leaflets of 3-4 pairs are dull green often blotched with dark red spots and teeth blunt. Found in Waima Forest, Northland, above 600 m a.s.l.