nuku paparahi
1. (noun) continental drift.
E nukunuku tonu ana ngā paparahi, otirā ngā papaneke o Papatūānuku. E nukunuku ana nā te pīoioi o te nukuratarata kei roto rā anō i a Papatūānuku. Ka kīia tēnei āhuatanga ko te nuku paparahi (RP 2009:312). / The continents are continually moving, albeit the Earth's tectonic plates. They are moving because of the shaking of the mantle within the Earth. This feature is called continental drift.