taru tawhiti
1. (modifier) influenza - sometimes written as one word, i.e. tarutawhiti.
I te pānga o te urutā taru tawhiti i 1918 ka whakahōhiperatia a Tūtāmure (TTR 1994:6). / When the influenza epidemic of 1918 struck the Tūtāmure meeting house was turned into a hospital.
See also tarutawhiti
2. (noun) thing from abroad, thing from outside.
Ehara i te mea ka tahia katoatia ki te taha ngā tikanga whakahaere kua roa kē e whāia ana, ka uru mai rānei he taru tawhiti hei whakakōpekapeka i ngā mahi (HM 4/1994:8). / It's not as if all the long-standing undertakings will be swept aside, or outside influences will hinder the activities.
3. (noun) influenza.
I te tau 1918 ka mate haere te kaha o te nanakia mate nei, o te tau tawhiti, i Aotearoa nei, ka ngaro te momo o te tangata ki te pō, Māori tonu, Pākehā hoki. / In 1918 this cruel disease, influenza, spread in New Zealand, and people died, Māori as well as Pākehā.
