2. (loan) (personal name) Shortland - Edward Shortland (1812?-1893), doctor, scholar, linguist and administrator who wrote on Māori myth and tradition.
I te torotoronga atu o Te Hōtereni i Moeraki i 1844, ka whakamīharo a ia ki te mōhio o Tiramōrehu ki ngā kōrero tīpuna tuku iho a tōna iwi (TTR 1990:350). / When Mr Shortland first met Tiramōrehu, he was amazed at how well versed Tiramōrehu was on the history and customs of his people.
