topatopa. 1. a. Soaring. He kawau topatopa ki roto te Mangaiti (M. 37).
2. n. Anas superciliosa, grey duck; perhaps the ducklings only. = karakahia, maunu, pārera, tawaka.
3. A small species of sting-ray.
Williams Dictionary
I mua, kua haere a Rangi ki Taupō mā runga i te topatopa a tōna hoa.In the past, Rangi has gone to Taupō on his friend's helicopter.
