tatau pounamu
1. (noun) enduring peace, making of peace, peacemaking - literally ' greenstone door', a metaphor for lasting peace. When peace was made a precious gift was often made to symbolise the event.
Nā te mea he tama mōrehu, ka hoatu ko Huriwhenua tōna ingoa hei whakamaumaharatanga ki te tatau pounamu i waenganui i a Ngāi Tahu me Te Āti Awa i te tau 1844 (TTR 1994:100). / Because he was a surviving son, he was given the name Huriwhenua in commemoration of the making of peace between Ngāi Tahu and Te Āti Awa in 1844.
Synonyms: rongo taketake, houhanga rongo
