2. (noun) food.
He tino kai a te kiore te hīnau, inarā te whakataukī, ‘Mā wai e kai te hīnau, te kame a te kiore.’ (Te Ara 2015). / Hīnau berries were the favourite food of the native rat, hence the proverb, ‘Who will eat the hīnau berries, the food of the native rat.'