Kotahitanga
1. Māori Parliament, Federated Māori Assembly - a movement for self-government and national unity among Māori kinship groups during the 19th Century. Strong in the Wairarapa where two parliamentary meetings were held at Papawai in 1897.
Nā tēnei ahau tō koutou tungāne, te tangata hoki nāna i hapahapai ō koutou ingoa whakahuahua ki ngā marae, tae noa ki roto ki te Pāremata o Te Kotahitanga (TJ 12/10/1899:12). / I, your brother and cousin, am the person who repeatedly raised your names on the marae, even in the Te Kotahitanga Movement's parliament.
Mahupuku, Hāmuera Tamahau
1. (personal name) (1837-42?-1904) Ngāti Kahungunu; progressive leader and runholder, he started the Māori language newspaper Te Puke ki Hikurangi and established Papawai (Wairarapa) as a centre for Māori unity.
Haria atu taku pōuri me taku aroha nui ki ngā whanaunga me ngā hoa, mō runga i te matenga o taku hoa aroha, o Tamahau Mahupuku (TPH 1/7/1904:6). / Please convey my sadness and great affection to the relatives and friends concerning the death of my loving friend, Tamahau Mahupuku.
Taratahi
1. (location) Clareville - a settlement just north-east of Carterton in the Wairarapa.
I akona ia ki te kura o Pirinoa, i muri iho ki te Kura Māori o Tūranganui, ka oti atu ki te Kāreti o Hikurangi i Taratahi (TTR 1998:208). / He was taught at Pirinoa School and Tūranganui Native School, and finally at Hikurangi College in Clareville.
mukimuki
1. (noun) Doodia mollis, Blechnum molle, Doodia caudata - Small, tufted fern with erect rhizomes. Narrow hairy fronds. Stipes 30-150 mm long, clad in pale brown scales. Found in the North Island from Awanui south to the Hamilton Basin, Hauraki Plains, coastal portion of the Bay of Plenty and from the Hawkes Bay, and the southern Wairarapa.
mokimoki
1. (noun) fragrant fern, Microsorum scandens - scrambling or climbing fern with a wiry, rambling stem. The dull, thin fronds are strap-like when young, becoming deeply lobed into up to 20 pairs of leaflets. Common in forest or on trees, rocks or damp ground. Traditionally used for scenting oil.
2. (noun) Doodia mollis, Blechnum molle, Doodia caudata - Small, tufted fern with erect rhizomes. Narrow hairy fronds. Stipes 30-150 mm long, clad in pale brown scales. Found in the North Island from Awanui south to the Hamilton Basin, Hauraki Plains, coastal portion of the Bay of Plenty and from the Hawkes Bay, and the southern Wairarapa.
See also mukimuki
naupiro
1. (noun) stinkwood, Coprosma foetidissima - shrub or tree up to 6 m tall with narrow to broadly ovate leaves which smell of rotten eggs when crushed. Drupes yellow to orange.
See also hūpiro
2. (noun) mountain aniseed, New Zealand aniseed, Gingidia montana - stout to somewhat laxly erect perennial herb. An endemic plant found in the North and South Islands. In the North Island now extremely scarce but formerly said to have occurred from about Kāwhia and the southern Hawkes Bay south to the Wairarapa. In the South Island widespread throughout. Now largely confined to cliffs, rock outcrops and seepages above roadsides.
parahia
1. (noun) Chenopodium allanii - a straggly perennial endemic herb found in the North and South Islands from the Wairarapa south. It was the main weed of kūmara crops in pre-European gardens.
Tēnā titiro ki ngā kiore māori, me ngā kurī māori, me ngā kākahu māori, me ngā tarutaru māori, me te parahia, kei hea? (TWMNT 3/7/1872:90). / Well look at the native rat, the native dog, the customary clothes, the native plants, and the Chenopodium allanii herb, where are they?
Tēnā te ringa tango parahia (TP 10/1908:7). / That is the hand that pulls weeds. (A whakataukī describing an industrious worker.)
poipapa
1. (noun) Chenopodium allanii - a straggly perennial endemic herb found in the North and South Islands from the Wairarapa south. It was the main weed of kūmara crops in pre-European gardens.
See also parahia
2. (noun) eel weir.
Ka whakaaetia kia mahia e rātou ā rātou rauwiri tuna tae noa ki te wā i hiahiatia ai e te kāwanatanga ana wāhi hei whakanohonoho tāngata. / They were allowed to use their eel weirs right up to the time its sections were needed by the government.
3. (noun) Kunzea linearis - small endemic tree with flaky bark bearing masses of small very narrow erect leaves and clusters of small white flowers. Leaves long and narrow, to 12mm long, soft to grasp. Flowers 4.5-12mm wide, with a red shiny centre. Fruit a small dry capsule. Found in northern North Island and north-eastern Wairarapa on coastal shrublands and cliff faces, usually on sand, sand podzols, and/or sandy peats.
Synonyms: rauiri
rauiri
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to interlace (with twigs).
See also rauwiri
2. (noun) eel weir.
See also rauwiri
3. (noun) Kunzea linearis - small endemic tree with flaky bark bearing masses of small very narrow erect leaves and clusters of small white flowers. Leaves long and narrow, to 12mm long, soft to grasp. Flowers 4.5-12mm wide, with a red shiny centre. Fruit a small dry capsule. Found in northern North Island and north-eastern Wairarapa on coastal shrublands and cliff faces, usually on sand, sand podzols, and/or sandy peats.
