mātāwai
1. (noun) source, upper reaches, fountainhead, origin.
Ko Ngāti Whātua i hoki ki Ōruawharo, ki Ōtamatea, ki Kaipara, noho ai. Ko Ngā Puhi i noho i te mātāwai o Te Wairoa (MM.TKM 31/5/1856:9). / Ngāti Whātua returned to live at Ōruawharo, Ōtamatea and Kaipara. Ngā Puhi resided on the upper reaches of the Wairoa river.
Synonyms: kunenga, takenga, pūnga, toi, pū, ahunga, orokohanga, pūtake, ūkaipō, pī, orokohanganga, take
