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A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand

Of the Land

Of the Land.

Ahuriri, heap of stones

Akau, sea beach

Akeaka, sloping side

Ana, cave

Arapawa, name for the Middle Island

Aria, promontory

Apiti, precipice

Awaawa, valley

Haupapa, gravelly

Horo, land slip

Hu, promontory

Kakata, cracks in the ground

Kapiti, Kaputi, double precipice

Kaweku, ridge on the ascent of the hill

Keokeonga, peaks of a mountain

Ko papa, name of the earth

Kurae, promontory

Kurutongia, thin soil

Maheno, island

Mania, grassy plain

Mata, face of the earth

Matatatanga, chasm

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Maunga, mountain

Motu, an island

Pahiki kura, red land

Pairoa, Middle Island

Papa, ledge of rocks

Parae, plain

Pi, sand spit

Puke, hill

Pukeamoamoa, barren hill

Rae, promontory

Rao, plain

Raorao, flat land

Raro, applied to the North

Reoreo, plain

Ru, an earthquake

Runga, applied to the South of these islands

Taiororua, valley

Tairua, sea sands

Taituauru, West coast

Tahatika, a coast

Tahora, plain

Tahuna, sea beach

Tahunga, sand banks

Tapokopoko, bog

Tarua, valley

Tatahi, sea beach

Te hinga o Mawe, name of the North Island; literally the fishing of Mawe

Titore, fissure, crack, chasm

Toitoi, summit

Tokerau, Eastern coast

Topito, end or extremity

Toropuke, hill

Torouka, a point

Tuauru, Western coast

Tumu, a point

Tupoa, steep

Uta, shore, land

Wai Pounamu, name of the Middle Island

Warekauri, Chatham Isles

Waroa, valley.