3. (noun) fishing rod.
Ko te tautara a taku māmā he mānuka (HP 1991:14). / My mother's fishing rod was a mānuka stick.
4. (noun) beam of a traditional lavatory - used in the phrase paepae tautara and was important in religious rites.
Ka haere a Haere ki runga i te pae tautara noho ai; e tau atu ana, e werohia ake ana te kumu o Haere e Tukai-whakarongo-mina, te atua o Māhu (JPS 1926:106). / Haere went and squatted on the latrine beam, and, as he sat down his anus was pierced by Tukai-whakarongo-mina, the atua of Māhu.
