ngongohau
1. (noun) bow (of a canoe, boat or ship).
Ka mārō te ngongohau o tana kaipuke ki ngā wahapū ātaahua i Waitematā, i Kororāreka, i Ahuriri, i Whanganui-a-Tara, i Akaroa (TTT 1/8/1930:2120). / The bow of his ship heads keeps steadily on its course to the beautiful harbours of Waitematā, Russell, Napier, Wellington and Akaroa.