It is now used for the whole.
1873. J. H. St. John [Title]:
"Pakeha Rambles through Maori Lands."
1874. J. C. Johnstone [Title]:
"Maoria: a sketch of the Manners and Customs of the
Aboriginal Inhabitants of New Zealand."
1884. Kerry Nicholls [Title]:
"The King Country, or Explorations in New Zealand.
A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel through Maoriland."
1884. [Title]:
"Maoriland: an Illustrated Handbook to New Zealand."
1886. Annie R. Butler [Title]
"Glimpses of Maori Land."
1890. T. Bracken [Title]:
"Musings in Maori Land."
1896. `The Argus,' July 22, p. 4, col. 8:
"Always something new from Maoriland! Our New Zealand friends
are kindly obliging us with vivid illustrations of how far
demagogues in office will actually go."
Maorilander, n. modern name for a white man
born in New Zealand.
1896. `Melbourne Punch,' April 9, p. 233, col. 2:
"Norman is a pushing young Maorilander who apparently has the
Britisher by the right ear."
Maori, White, New Zealand miners' name for a stone.
See quotation.
1883. `A Citizen,' `Illustrated Guide to Dunedin,' p. 169:
"Tungstate of lime occurs plentifully in the Wakatipu district,
where from its weight and colour it is called White
Maori by the miners."
Mapau, n. a Maori name for several New Zealand
trees; called also Mapou, and frequently corrupted by
settlers into Maple, by the law of Hobson-Jobson. The
name is applied to the following--
The Mapau--
Myrsine urvillei, De C., N.O. Myrsineae;
sometimes called Red Mapau.
Black M.--
Pittosporum tenuifolium, Banks and Sol.,
N.O. Pittosporeae; Maori name, Tawhiri.
White M.--
Carpodetus serratus, Forst., N.O. Saxifrageae;
Pittosporum eugenoides, A. Cunn.; Maori name,
Tarata (q.v.); called also the Hedge-laurel
(q.v.), Lemon-wood, and New Zealand Oak. See
Oak.
The first of these trees (Myrsine urvillei) is,
according to Colenso, the only tree to which the Maoris
themselves give the name Mapau. The others are
only so called by the settlers.
1868. `Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,' vol. i.,
`Essay on Botany of Otago,' p. 37:
"White Mapau, or Piripiri-whata (Carpodetus serratus),
an ornamental shrub-tree, with mottled-green leaves, and large
cymose panicles of white flower
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