korou
1. (noun) channel.
Nō te tau 1891, ka whakaaetia e Marshall tētahi kirimana ki te minita mō ngā mahi nunui ki te whakaatea haere i ngā korou, ki te tangotango ake i ngā taitā kia pai ake ai te rere o ngā waka ki runga atu ki Pipiriki (TTR 1994:55). / In 1891 Marshall agreed to a contract with the minister for public works to clear the channels and to remove the snags to improve the movement of the vessels as far upstream as Pipiriki.