whakapaipai: to decorate, ornament, beautify, tidy up, adorn

Kōraki: North wind, north-north-west wind

Te Tai-o-Rehua: The Tasman Sea

Te Moana-nui-o-Kiwa: The Pacific Ocean

Ngahuru: Autumn

hūmārie: to be handsome, pleasant, beautiful, peaceful, gentle, amiable

Kuki Airani: Cook Islands - a group of fifteen islands in the SW Pacific

Aotearoa: Land of the Long White Cloud. North Island - now used as the Māori name for New Zealand

Waka-o-Aoraki, Te: South Island - an ancient name for Te Wai Pounamu

Waka-o-Māui, Te: South Island