Hokoteta
1. (loan) (personal name) Hochstetter - Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand von Hochstetter (1829-1884) German geologist and writer who made extensive geological surveys of Auckland and Nelson provinces in 1858.
He maha ngā tāngata i puta ā rātou poropititanga mō runga i tēnei aituā. Te tuatahi, ko Tākuta Hokoteta, he Tiamani, he ruānuku, he mōhio ki ngā tikanga o te āhua o te whenua, o ngā kōhatu me ngā aha noa (KO 24/8/1886:6). / Many people prophesied this calamity. The first was Dr Hochstetter, a German and an expert on aspects related to geographical and geological aspects of the land.
