Takatakapūtea
1. (personal noun) extra day in a lunar month if an extra night needs to be added (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) - added after Mutuwhenua.
I te ata moata tonu, i muri iho i a Mutuwhenua, i a Takatakapūtea rānei kē, marangai ai ngā pakeke ki te titiro i te putanga o te marama hou (WT 2013:42). / Early in the morning after Mutuwhenua or Takatakapūtea the elders will rise to look for the appearance of the new moon (WT 2013:42).
2. (noun) extra day in a lunar month.
Ki te kore e kitea te marama hou e whakatātare mai ana i te pae, kua mōhiotia, ā, hai te pō rawa ā muri atu i āpōpō ka ea taua marama hou. Ka mahue he wāhi kore ingoa ki konei kua mōhiotia anō hoki, e toru tekau mā tahi ngā wehenga o tēnei kaupeka o te tau. Hei konei ka tīkina atu te Takatakapūtea nei, ka whakanōhia ki konei hai pupuri i te wāhi kore marama hou nei (WT 2013:40). / If the new moon is not seen peeping over the horizon, then it is known that the next night the new moon will appear. That leaves a night with no name and it is known that there are thirty-one divisions of this particular lunar month of the year. When this happens Takatakapūtea is used to hold the place when there is no new moon.
