Results for kua timu te tai translation from Maori to English

te tai
coast

te tai o aorere
c/the tide of the overcast

nõ te tai tokerau ia
he pai ki a ia te mau i te kurī mo te hīkoi

ko te kau kei waenga i te poaka me te tai.
the bull is in between the pig and the fence.

e whakaatu ana te mahere mahere whenua i te huarahi i kawea e ngāti toa i te tonga ki te tai kapiti me te rohe o poneke i te 1820. ko te waahanga tuatahi o te haerenga, ki taranaki, i kiia ko te heke tahutahuahi (ko te heke o te rama ahi). ko te waahanga tuarua, mai i taranaki ki poneke, ka kiia ko te heke tātaramoa (te heke o te ngahere raakau). ko te haerenga katoa i kiia ko te heke mai i raro (ko te heke mai i te raki).
this map shows the route taken by ngāti toa in their journey south to the kapiti coast and the wellington region in the 1820s. the first part of the journey, to taranaki, was called te heke tahutahuahi (the fire lighting migration). the second part, from taranaki to wellington, was called te heke tātaramoa (the bramble bush migration). the entire journey was called te heke mai i raro (the migration from the north).