kupu hautoa
1. (noun) citation, commendation - an official award for bravery.
I whakawhiwhia a Taare Pēneti ki te tohu DSO, ā, tuhia ake ana e ia ngā kupu hautoa mō Ngārimu, ka mutu, ka whakawhiwhia murimatetia rā ia ki te tohu VC (TTR 2000:19). / Charles Bennett was awarded the DSO, and he wrote the citation that led to the awarding posthumously of a VC to Ngārimu.