The general Maori word for crab is sometimes listed as 'papaku' and sometimes as 'papaka'. One term refers to a single crab while the other to crabs as a species.
The Maori name for Margaret is Mareta.
The Maori name for Desmond is Hēmānia.
The Māori name for tui is "pīwakawaka."
The Maori name for John is Hone.
The Maori name for Manukau is Manukau.
The Maori name for the planet Mercury is 'Takero'.
the name of the Maori tribal leader was Rangatira.
Kakapo is the Maori name. It means "night parrot".
The Maori name for Banks Peninsula is Te Pataka o Rakaihautu.
Piwaiwaka or piwakawaka.
The Maori name for legs is "waewae."
Rakaia is the Maori name meaning 'to arrange in ranks'