mātārae
1. (noun) headland, promontory, spur of a hill.
I te pūaotanga o te ao, ka kitea tētahi mātārae kei waenganui i a Matarehua (kei Mōtītī) me Wairākei (tētahi kōawa i rere ki Pāpāmoa) (Te Ara 2011). / At dawn a headland between Matarehua (at Mōtītī Island) and Wairākei (a watercourse flowing out at Pāpāmoa) was seen.
Synonyms: koraenga, kūraenga, kūmū, ponaihu, ponaihu, koi, koutu, matamata, tūmū, kūmore, kūrae, kūrae, rae, raenga, more
2. (noun) important person.
Tae rawa ake ki te pokapūtanga o te tekau tau atu i te 1860 kua hau haere tōna rongo hei matakite mātārae ki roto i ngā iwi o Te Tai Tokerau (TTR 1994:118). / By the mid 1860s he had become known as leading prophet amongst the tribes of Northland.
