Māwharu
1. (personal noun) moon on the twelfth or thirteenth night of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the twenty-seventh night of the lunar month.
Māwharu: He rā ngāwari tēnei mō te pouraka kōura (TTT 1/1/1923:10). / Māwharu (twelfth night of the lunar month): This is a suitable day for crayfishing.
2. (noun) moon on the twenty-seventh night after the full moon.
Ko te Mawharu nei tētahi o ngā pō mutunga mai o te mōmona o ngā pō katoa o te maramataka (WT 2013:67). / Mawharu is one of the richest nights of the maramataka (WT 2013:67).
