1. (noun) neap tide.
Kāore e pai te mahi kahitua i te tai ninihi, i te mea kāore te tai i tino heke atu i tēnei wā o te marama (PK 2008:499). / It is no good collecting tuatua at a neap tide, because the tide doesn't get really low at this time of the month.
Synonyms: tai ririki
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