2. (noun) band - tying something to something else.
Nā Ngāti Maniapoto taua taiaha, ā, nā rātou i whakairo, ā, i mahi te tauri ki taua taiaha (White 5 1888:42). / That taiaha belonged to Ngāti Maniapoto and it was they that carved it and made the band on it.