10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIWAKAWAKA»
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piwakawaka in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
piwakawaka and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Discusses personal choices, and looks at self-talk and suicide. Suggested level: intermediate, junior secondary.
on Piwakawaka, wheeled, yawned and plunge-dived. Piwakawaka ought to have
been an easy target. But you should never underestimate an opponent simply
because he is slow as well as small. At Taranui's first pass, Piwakawaka made an
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Birds of Aotearoa: a natural and cultural history
Its scientific name is Mohoua novaeseelandiae. Fantail, or piwakawaka For the
comment by the 'early missionary', and for Taylor's other remark, see Taylor 1 974
[ 1 855] : 403 . Best ( 1 942 : 389) explains 'he tou tirairaka'. Polack (1838: II, 82) ...
Margaret Rose Orbell, Carolyn Lagahetau, 2003
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New Zealand Māori Word Encyclopedia
Rhipidura flabellifera, fantail pitakataka / piwakawaka / piwaiwaka / / kétiutiu /
tirairaka / tirakaraka / titirairaka / titakataka / tiwakawaka / tiwaiwaka / tiraureka /
pirairaka / pirakaraka Rhipidura fulginosa, fantail pitakataka / piwakawaka ...
Maata immediately bends down and offers karakia for the murdered piwakawaka.
She is in a state of shock and acts intuitively as she has been raised to do. It's
then that she notices a baby piwakawaka, not yet able to fly, at the side of the
rock.
The ferns no longer uncurl their brown fists into green fans. A pair of piwakawaka
flaunt their tails, flipping in and out of the thick fronds of the mamaku fern in the
search for insects. One of my neighbours is busily blowing his leaves away with a
...
'Let me try then . . . I know these fantails. Koro, your papa told me, piwakawaka.' '
Ae, ka pai! Piwakawaka. And listen 'keek-keek-keek-keek'. Up there—kotare!' '
Kingfisher! 140 Murray annals.
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The Godzone Dictionary: Of Favourite New Zealand Words and ...
The designs now revealed have an affiliation to the art-heritage of the wearer's
tribe. piwakawaka Maori See fantail play lunch A snack eaten during a mid-
morning school break, and usually provided from home but also available in
some ...
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Routes and Roots: Navigating Caribbean and Pacific Island ...
In the legend, when Piwakawaka (fantail) giggled, the goddess awoke and
crushed Maui to his death between her legs. In Wendt's revision, which aligns
Maui with other canonical male voyagers such as Odysseus, his companions
facilitate ...
Elizabeth M. DeLoughrey, 2007
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The New Place: The Poetry of Settlement in New Zealand, ...
His early poetry includes: — Songs Unsung, Whitcombe and Tombs,
Christchurch, 1903 — Lamp of Psyche, T.C. Lothian, Melbourne, 1908 THE
WATERFALL AND THE PIWAKAWAKA Water falling in foam, And a dead fuchsia
bending From ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIWAKAWAKA»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
piwakawaka is used in the context of the following news items.
Happy 150th Wellington!
The capital's harbour at dusk, as seen from the top of the Piwakawaka track. Happy 150th Birthday Wellington! Andrea Vance marks the 150th ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
Carterton: Historic Piwakawaka for sale
A Carterton property with a hefty historical pedigree might be off the grid, but it's on the market. "Piwakawaka", at 508 Perrys Rd in East Taratahi ... «Wairarapa Times-Age, Jun 15»
Gallery brings a taste of NZ art to the Big Apple
The lighting design of David Trubridge, paintings of Tane Mahuta, Piwakawaka, and modern interpretations of traditional Tongan designs are ... «TVNZ, Jun 15»
Fever: It's a numbers game
Undoctored NZs health system $1 billion worse off than six years ago; $220 per kiwi - CTU Fly my pretty. Piwakawaka are the cutest Jim Vause «New Zealand Doctor Online, Jun 15»
Snowstorm huddle a fantail phenomenon
... Otago Peninsula, last Sunday, just before it began to snow and shows a flock of fantails (piwakawaka) huddled together on an electrical cord. «Otago Daily Times, May 15»
Body of man missing for decades found in Ngaio bush
The top of the Piwakawaka Track, around the area where John Holmes Smith was thought to be known to like to walk before he went missing ... «Independent Community Newspaper, May 15»
How to be a dirty chick
There's always something in flower, the piwakawaka and the wood pigeons swoop through the trees and it's just magical. There are other parts ... «Stuff.co.nz, Apr 15»
Auckland Arts Festival: Life, death and birds' nests
... the Waitakere Ranges could fly down a bush corridor to make commonplace in Queen St the song of the tui or the chirp of the piwakawaka.". «New Zealand Herald, Mar 15»
Kia ora: Methven
Origin of name: Maori called the place Piwakawaka, or fantail, while Methven was named by an early colonial pioneer, a Mr Patton, who named ... «New Zealand Herald, Feb 15»
Banks Peninsula Track offers rugged beauty
On a hot day I was grateful for the shade of the bush and the company of black piwakawaka who danced across the trees. For two hours the ... «Stuff.co.nz, Dec 14»
