2. (noun) deep water between two shoals.
Haere ana koe, ko ngā pipi o te āria; ka noho mātou ko ngā pipi o te whakatakere (NP 2001:51). / You go off like pipi in the deep water between two shoals; we remain like pipi buried in the seabed. (A whakataukī suggesting that following a risky path may lead to disaster while a conservative way ensures survival.)
Nō te mea i a Tūahu-māhina tētahi wāhi o te āria haonga ika, arā ko Te Kahikātea i a Tūahu-māhina, ā, ko te nuinga o te āria i a Kāwharu, ko Takapūāhia, ā, he mea kia riro katoa ai taua āria nei i a Tūahu-māhina, koia tana ngākau ki a Te Kanawa kia patua a Kāwharu rātou ko tana iwi (White 4:94-95). / Because Tūahu-māhina had a section of the net-fishing pool, that is Tūahu-māhina had Te Kahikātea, but Kāwharu had the majority of the pool, called Takapūāhia, Tūahu-māhina wanted to obtain the whole of the pool. That was the reason for his request to Te Kanawa that Kāwharu and his people should be killed.
3. (noun) deep pool or bay in a river.
Ka peke i te tahataha, ka tau atu ki te āria (PK 2008:32). / When she jumped from the river bank she landed in the deep pool.
