Tai Hauāuru, Te
1. (location) West Coast (of the North Island).
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)
I te hokinga whakararo ka ahu mā Te Tai Hauāuru ka whawhai ki a Mua-ūpoko, ki ngā iwi o Whanganui hoki (TTR 1990:209). / When they returned north they headed via the West Coast and fought against Mua-ūpoko and the tribes of Whanganui.