pōwhatu
1. (noun) stone.
Ka tangi a Kupe ki ōna irāmutu, whero tonu iho ki te pāua, ki te pōwhatu, ki te ika, aranga tonu iho a konā ko Tangihanga-o-Kupe (JPS 1927:276). / Kupe cried for his nephews, hence the pāua, stones, and fish of that place were stained red, and the place became known as the Lamenting of Kupe.