ika tauhou
1. (noun) recruit, apprentice, greenhorn, initiate, novice, rookie, trainee.
He ika tauhou tino pai kē nei ia, ā, nuku kē atu ana ōna mōhio i ērā o ngā tauira o tōna karaehe mō ngā marama e ono e whakaakona ana ia i te kura whakangungu o Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa i Māwaihākona (TTR 2000:81). / She was an outstanding recruit and she out-performed the other cadets of her class during the six months she was training at the New Zealand Police Training School in Trentham.
Synonyms: ihu hūpē, tauhou, pia, tangata ihu hūpē, ihupuku, taritari, kimi tangata