au miha
1. (noun) heavy seas, rough sea.
E tino mōhio ana tātou katoa e ikapahi nei e ū ai te waka e hoea nei i tēnei wā i te au miha o te kūare, o te tino kore mōhio nei, ki uta, me mātua whakangungu ngā kaiwhakaako (HM 3/1995:5). / All of us assembled here well know that in order for the canoe we are paddling at this time in the heavy seas of ignorance and great lack of understanding, to reach the shore we must train the teachers.