hoeroa
1. (noun) a long weapon of whalebone.
Ko ā rātou rākau patu tangata, he koikoi, he huata, he taiaha, he tewhatewha, he hoeroa; he mea tārai ki te toki pounamu, ki te toki kōhatu (JPS 1899:179). / Their man-killing weapons were spears, lances, taiaha, tewhatewha and long whale-bone weapons fashioned with greenstone and stone adzes.
See also parāoa roa
2. (noun) steering paddle.
(Te Pihinga Textbook (Ed. 2): 22, 31;)
I noho a Ponga i te whakarei o te waka rā i a ia e urungi ana i te waka, tēnā e ungā e tana hoa, i kī mai rā kia tukua te hoeroa ki a ia, ka haere kē atu a Ponga (TAH 45:20). / Ponga sat in the stern of the canoe while he was steering the canoe, but then, at the request of his companion who told him to give the steering-paddle to him, Ponga went to a different place.
