terepōno
1. (loan) (noun) telephone (obsolete).
Ko tētahi mahi nui a Ngāti Porou i ēnei rā ko te whakaara waea kōrero, arā terepōno, kei te tūhonohonoa ngā kāinga katoa o Ngāti Porou e te waea, i Tawhiti ki Taumata-a-Apanui (TP 4/1906:9). / Important work for Ngāti Porou these days is erecting telephone wires, joining all the Ngāti Porou settlements from Tawhiti to Taumata-a-Apanui.