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pounamu greenstone, jade

  pūhā watercress

  pūkeko swamp hen

  rimu endemic New Zealand podocarp tree

  taiaha long-handled spear

  takahē flightless bird resembling the pūkeko, endangered

  taniwha monster

  taro starchy vegetable like a potato

  Tauiwi strangers

  Taupō name of the crater lake in central New Zealand, and of the township

  Te Hōkioi Māori name for the Haast eagle, an enormous bird of prey, now extinct

  te manu tukutuku, te manu aute a kite

  Te Moana o Raukawa Māori name for the channel between the North and South islands, later named the Cook Strait

  Te Puia o Whakaari Māori name for White Island, meaning ‘that which becomes visible.’ The island is also known as ‘the dramatic volcano’

  Toa warrior

  toetoe giant tussock grass

  tohunga wise holy man

  Toka rock

  tōtara magnificent podocarp tree

  tuatara endemic reptile

  tuatua shellfish (unlike the pipi, it’s not symmetrical)

  Tūhua obsidian, also the name of a small island in the Bay of Plenty

  tūī endemic black bird, white tuft at its throat

  waka canoe

  weka flightless bird about the size of a chicken, member of the rail family

  wētā insect

  whānau family

  whare house, hut

  Table of Contents

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