Tangaroa-whakapau
1. (personal noun) moon on the twenty-fifth night of the lunar month - for some tribes (e.g. Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) this is the tenth night of the lunar month. Also as Tangaroa Whakapau.
Ko Tangaroa Whāriki Kiokio rāua ko Tangaroa Whakapau ngā pō taumata o te wā tino tiketike o te maramataka (WT 2013:34). / Tangaroa Whāriki Kiokio and Tangaroa Whakapau are the two best nights of the best period in the lunar month (WT 2013:34).
