He Kupu Awhina

  • amio - to travel around
  • auwahatanga - meddling
  • kaitiora - pirate (tiora: marauding party, separated from the main army)
  • katikati - bite, nip
  • ki taurangi - promise
  • kokuhu - intrude
  • manene - one living in a strange country, settler
  • parau - plough
  • pohewa - imagine
  • poti taurekareka - slave ship
  • rongoa - medicine, solution to a problem
  • takaokeoke - writhe, squirm
  • taunaha - lay claim (eg, to land)
  • taunaki - support, reinforce
  • taunu - jeer
  • tautohe i runga i te rangimarie - peaceful protest
  • turakina - pulled down, destroyed
  • Te Pewhairangi - Bay of Islands
  • Te Whakapono - Christianity
  • whakamanutanga - launching of a fleet
  • whakamomori - try as hard as you can, act desperately
  • whakanui - respect
  • whakatakune - pretend
  • whakatau - decide
  • whakawhere - influence

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