2. (noun) swamp harrier, harrier hawk, Australasian harrier, Circus approximans gouldi - a large brown hawk with long-fingered wings which feeds on prey and carrion and is common on farmland, tussock land and swamps.
Ka karangatia e ia te kūkū, te kārearea, te kērangi, ka tae mai ki a ia (JPS 1928:373). / She called the New Zealand pigeon, the New Zealand falcon and the swamp harrier and they came to her.
