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puāwai - flower; grey hair

Puāwai. 1. n. Flower. Katahi ratou ka mahara he puawai rakau enei mea (T. 74).

2. fig. Grey hairs. Ka pikipiki maunga te puawai ki taku rangi.

3. Arripis trutta (kahawai, a fish), when nearly full-grown.

4. a. —— Titiro ra taua ki te ngaru whakapae ki te tapu ia no to waka, he waka puawai ue ana ki te taumanu (M. 174).

Williams Dictionary

Ka puāwai ana te pōhutukawa, ka mōmona ngā kina.
When the pōhutukawa blooms, the kina are fat.
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Kia tipu, kia puāwai, ko koe rā te mea nui, ā, mā te kaiako ngā wawata o te kaiako mō āna tauira.
Grow and flourish—you are the most important thing—and through the teacher are the teacher’s aspirations for their students.

Mā ngā tūī ngā pūawai o te kōwhai e kite
The tūī will find the kōwhai blossom