Pātiki, Te
1. (personal name) The Coalsack - a dark nebula of dust near the Southern Cross that gives the appearance of a gap in the stars of Te Mangō-roa (The Milky Way).
Ko Tamarereti he tangata. Ko tōna waka ko Tautoru, he whetū kei te rangi e tū rārangi ana. Kei tua ake ko Te Ika o te Rangi, tōna āhua kei tō Te Pātiki. / Tamarereti is a man. His canoe is Orion's Belt, stars standing in a line in the sky. They are the other side of the Milky Way and look like The Coalsack.
See also Manakouri, Rua-pātiki, Te
