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
page 69Maunga, 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.