2. (noun) old dry leaves (of harakeke, etc.).
Kua hāpinetia ngā whā harakeke, kua tīhorea mai ngā koka. / The flax leaves have been scraped and the old dried leaves have been stripped.
3. (noun) rough cape - made of undressed leaves of harakeke, tī or kiekie.
Heoi anō ā rātou kākahu i tae ora mai ai rātou, he koka, he pākē (W 1971:129). / All the clothes they had when they arrived safely, were rough capes.
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