mānia pūwhata
1. (noun) upraised plain, plateau.
Ko te nuinga o ngā whenua e mahia ana he whenua uaua, he whenua akeake, tae atu ki ngā whenua pungapunga o te mānia pūwhata o te puku o te ika (TTR 1996:109). / The majority of the land being developed was on difficult, infertile country, including the pumice lands of the central plateau.
Synonyms: mānia