Tāwera
1. (personal noun) Venus as a night or morning star - the second planet from the sun in the solar system. The brightest celestial object after the sun and moon.
Heoi, ka taka he wā, ka whakarērea a Tāwera e Pareārau, ka haere ki te mate tāne haere me whetū kē (Te Ara 2011). / However, in time Venus is abandoned by Jupiter, who goes off to have affairs with other stars.
See also Meremere-tū-ahiahi
Synonyms: Rangawhenua, Tangaroa, Matawhero, Whiro, Whiringa ki Tawhiti, ao-mārama, ao tūroa, aotūroa, ao mārama, Kōpū, Kōpūnui, Rangipō, taiao, Takero, Pareārau, Meremere, Meremere-tū-ahiahi, ao
