pekehā
1. (noun) broad-billed prion, Pachyptila vittata - a common seabird with upperparts blue-grey, black M across the wings, dark face with clear white eyebrows. It has a broad iron-grey bill and a narrow black tip to the tail.
Te tini o te pekehā ki te moana, ko Ngāti Ira ki uta (JPS 1901:147). / The multitude of broad-billed prion on the ocean is like the multitude of the Ngāti Ira on land.
See also pararā
