Language of New Zealand'
(Church Missionary Society), p. 206:

"Tamure <i>s</i>. Bream fish."

1845. E. J. Wakefield, `Adventures in New Zealand,' vol. i.
p. 93:

"There are many other sorts of fish, including the tamure, or
snapper, the manga, or barracouta, the mango, or dog-fish, of
which the natives catch large quantities, and the hapuka. This
last fish is caught in pretty deep water, near reefs and rocks.
It often attains a great size, attaining as much as 112 pounds.
It bears a considerable resemblance to the cod in form, but is,
however, of far finer flavour."

1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 413:

"Tamure, kouarea (the snapper), is a large fish like the
bream."

1879. W. Colenso, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,'
vol. xii. art. vii. p. 118:

"The tamure is the snapper (Pagrus unicolor), a common fish on
all the coasts."

<hw>Tandan</hw>, <i>n</i>. the aboriginal name for the
<i>Catfish (q</i>.v.) or <i>Eel-fish</i> (q.v.),
<i>Copidoglanis tandanus</i>, Mitchell (or <i>Plotosus
tandanus</i>). Mitchell, who first discovered and described
the Cat-fish, called it the <i>Tandan</i>, or <i>Eel-fish</i>.

1838. T. Mitchell, `Three Expeditions,' pp. 44, 45, pl. 5:

"In this piece of water we caught some small fish, two of them
being of a rather singular kind, resembling an eel in the head
and shape of the tail."

[p. 45]: "On my return to the camp in the evening, I made a
drawing of the eel fish which we had caught early in the day
(fig. 2, pl. 5)."

<hw>Tanekaha</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name of a New Zealand tree;
also called <i>Celery-topped Pine</i>, <i>Phyllocladus
trichomanoides</i>, Don., <i>N.O. Coniferae</i>.

1875. T. Laslett, `Timber and Timber Trees,' p. 306:

"The Tanakaha Tree (<i>Podocarpus asplenifolius</i>) is found
scattered over a large portion of the northern island of New
Zealand. . . Height, sixty to eighty feet. . . The wood is
close and straight in the grain. . . It works up well, is
tough and very strong; so much so that the New Zealanders say
it is the `strong man' among their forest trees."

1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand,' p. 125:

"Tanakaha. A slender, handsome tree, sixty feet high; trunk
rarely exceeds three feet in diameter; wood pale,
close-grained, and excellent for planks and spars; resists
decay in moist positions in a remarkable manner."

<hw>Tangi</hw>, <i>n</i>. (pronounced <i>Tang-y</i>)
Maori word for a lamentation,