nōta
1. (loan) (noun) north.
E kī ana anō ki a mātou, kei te kōrero anō ināianei mō tētahi atu whenua nui, kei runga i te takiwā o te Urewera, ā kei te āta haere, kei te tika, te haere a te Pākehā, ki waenganui o tēnei Motu (arā, ki te Motu o te Nōta) (TW 12/2/1875:10). / Negotiations, we are told, are now going on for the acquisition of another extensive block of land well up in Urewera country, and steadily, but surely the advance of the Pākehā is being made into the interior of the North Island.
Synonyms: marangai, tūāraki, muri, tokerau, tiu, hauraro, raki, whakararo
