Ōhua
1. (personal noun) moon on the 14th (or 12th, 13th or 15th) night of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the twenty-ninth night of the lunar month - a good day for planting crops.
Kia mahara, kai waenganui te Mawharu i a Huna rāua ko Ōhua e noho ana (WT 2013:70). / Note that Mawharu sits between Huna and Ōhua.
2. (noun) moon on the twenty-eighth night after the full moon.
I te ata o te Ōhua, kia hikina ake ngā tāruke o te Mawharu ki roto i te poti, kikī ana a roto, a waho i te kōura (WT 2013:68). / On the morning of Ōhua, when the crayfish traps of Mawharu (the previous night) are pulled up into the boat, they were absolutely full of crayfish both inside and out.
