hukāpunga
1. (noun) snow.
I runga anō i te maumahara ki te kaha o te kūī, i te tiko mai o hukāpapa, i te tau o hukāpunga, i te hū o Ruapehu i te tau ka hori ka whakatauhia me neke paku whakamua mai te kura ki Hīrangi ki te wā e āhua pūāhuru tonu ana (HM 2/1997:5). / Remembering how cold it was and how the frost settled, the snow fell and the eruption of Ruapehu last year, it has been decided that the learning gathering at Hīrangi be moved forward to a time when it is still a little warmer.