Ngā kupu whakamārama
Hoani Wiremu Hipango
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Arapeta te Piriniha Prince Albert
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Hapati Rātapu the Sabbath day
Hēnare Wiremu “Karu-wha” Reverend Henry Williams, known to the Maori as "Four eyes" because he wore spectacles
Heretaunga ki te Whanganui-a-Tara the America Hutt Valley, near Wellington
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Iharaira Israel
iota yacht
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Kahore i arikarika i te mahi a Te Teira he tino mahi nui ta Te Teira. It was not surprising that Tayor had a very important role to play.
kahu (kāhahu) [verb] to put on clothes; [noun] garment, clothes
kaimataara lookout
kaipuke ship
Katakihi catechism
Kāwana Kerei Governor Grey (Sir George Grey)
Kiriwhina, Gilfillan Hipango, in his version of the affair, [He Ngakinga i ti Hekenga Toto] Kiriwharani
Kura-takahi-puni he ope taua Militia
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mātautanga (mōhiotanga) knowledge
Mīria te Kakara a pa on the banks of the Rangitikei River
Mohi Moses
mohiotia amine tonu mai ka whakaae from Tongariro
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oati “Amen!”, oath, to swear, vow
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riwhi relief, substitute, successor, flags
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tai whakararo lower reaches of the river
tai whakarunga upper reaches of the river
Tamarahi Pa Riri He toa nō Te Arawa i ngā rā o mua. He pepeha anō tēnei mō te tangata toa. A warrior from Te Arawa in the past. This is another saying about the hero.
te Aka o Noa Noah's Ark
Te Harawira Reverend Octavius Hadfeild
te Kotahi Tekau Ture the Ten Commandments
Te Mamaku a chief of Ngati Rangi of Upper Whanganui are floes
Te Mātenga Reverend Samuel Marsden
Te Meihana Reverend John Mason
Te riu pāwhara the river valley; a reference to the lenend telling how Taranaki mountain fled to the West Coast and in its flight gouged out the valley of the Whanganui River
te Rongopai the Gospel
te Runga Rawa te Atua the Almighty
te taura whiri a te kuia rā, a Hinengākau he aroha ki te tangata. He pepeha tēnei, ara, figure of speech Sacrament The old woman, Hinengākau, had a love for people. This is another way of saying “Sacrament”.
Te Teira Reverend Richard Taylor
te Upoko o te Ika Poneke Wellington
te Wāhingaro Heaven
tetahi ropu Hurai a group of Jews
tiki whakamahara (kōhatu whaka-mahara) with, from
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whakaaio whenua peacemaker
Whitireia a hill at Titahi Bay near Wellington, where wireless masts now stand
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He waiata tēnei nā Te Arawa. (Nō Te te werawera o te rā te tino wera o te rā Arawa hoki te kaituhi o tēnei kōrero te tumuaki a runga tonu o te upoko mō Hipango, a Kēnana Hohepa Taepa [māhunga] o te Hāhi Mihingare, kei Pōneke e Kēpa Kuru Hāpa, Cape of Good Hope minita ana ināianei.) This song is from Te Arawa tribe. (Sweat of the sun refers to the scorching heat of the Arawa sun and the author of this story is by the principal – that is at the top for Hipango – Canon Joseph Taepa, head of the Anglican Church in Wellington and by Kepa Kuru Hāpa, who now ministers in the Cape of Good Hope.) |
He ngakinga i te hekenga toto
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kāore i taro kāore i roa no bread soon
Kiriwharani, Gilfillan Hipango, in his version of the affair, [He Ngakinga i ti Hekenga Toto] Kiriwharani
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pātītī he toki tomahawk
pītara pistol
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rama lamp
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Taka he whanaunga nō Hapurona Taka was a relative from Hapurona
taua tamaiti refers to a young solider stationed with garrison
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whārērea whakarērea
Te haerenga ki Rāwāhi
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ate liver
atua uncanny
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e ora tonu ana in a state of preservation
Erenipara Ellenborough
Eterina St. Helena
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harirū (rūrū) shake hands with, from “How do you do?”
he huka kau covered with ice
he kikini nō taku ate I had a sharp pain inside.
Hirini Sydney
horo hold
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Ingarani (Ingarangi) England
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kaipuke ship
kapitene (kāpene) captain
katimarani catamaran
kei te ngaherehere (rite tonu ki te ngāherehere) in the forest (just like a forest)
Kipa Ono Cape Horn
Kuru Paraire Good Friday
Kēpa Kuru Hāpa Cape of Good Hope
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mapu from mop; pump out
Marikena (Amerika) America
mete mate
motu huka iceberg
motu whenua grove of trees on the land
māhi mast
Māketa Margate
mōkī (mokihi) raft
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ngā kara the colours, signal flags"
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Ōpe Tāone Hobart Town
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paerata pilot
Panepuka Pemambuco (in Brazil)
Ponipata Bonaparte, Napoleon
pārete (tō) tow
Pōpiripi Port Phillip (in Australia)
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raina line, equatorial line, Tropic of Cancer
Reretepata (Riripeti, Erihāpeti) Elizabeth
Rio Terero Rio de Janeiro
Rātapu Sunday, but often used in earlier the land times for a week (from Sunday to Sunday)
rī (rihi) dish, container
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taewa (rīwai, parareka) sweet potatoes
te Hakarameta Communion
Te Mokena Mr Morgan
te pounga (mate, ngaronga) o te mārama the eclipse of the moon.
Te Teira Reverend Richard Taylor
te tumuaki (a runga tonu o te upoko [māhunga]) the principal
te Wai i a Noa the Great Flood in the time of Noah
te werawera o te rā (te tino wera o te rā) extreme heat of the sun
Tira Deal
torotoro (kākahu) garment (obsolete word )
totepita saltpetre
tuari steward
tērā (rā, rawhara) sail
Tōwa Dover
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Waipuna, Ōkupe (Kāore i te mhiotia kei hea aua wāhi, engari kei maunga tētahi awa ko Waipuna te ingoa.) It is not known where these places are, but there is a river called Waipuna on a mountain.
whakapakoko image, statue
Whare Karaihe Crystal Palace (the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851)