Paionia
1. (loan) (noun) Pioneer - the name of the gunboat used on the Waikato River by the British troops, including in the attack on the pā at Rangiriri.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 161-162;)
I te pō o te Parairei, te 30 o Oketopa, ka eke ngā hōia 600 ki runga ki te tima i huaina ko te 'Paionia' (TWM 14/11/1863:1). / On the night of Friday, 30th of October, the soldiers boarded the ship called the 'Pioneer'.
