1. A body of water traversed by taniwha: a honorific expression for a body of water such as a river, lake or ocean.
E ngā wai whakatere taniwha e ngā wai pounga hoa a ngā tūpuna tēnei ka mihi / to the water bodies traversed by taniwha to the waters paddled by the ancestors I pay homage.
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