potae

potae

(ˈpɔtaɪ)
n
(Clothing & Fashion) NZ a hat
[Māori]
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On eschatology, see also Elsdon Best, 'Maori Eschatology: The Whare Potae (House of Mourning) and its Lore; being a Description of many Customs, Beliefs, Superstitions, Rites, &c., pertaining to Death and Burial among the Maori People, as also some Account of Native Belief in a Spiritual World', Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 38 (1905), 148-239.
Other speakers were newly independent registered nurse (RN) contractor, Tracey Morgan, who told her "potae" story, exchanging a variety of hats to mark her changing roles; Te Runanga tauira leaders Paula King and Chrystal Turu who described their dreams to increase the Maori nursing workforce, empower Maori nursing leaders and improve the health status for all Maori; and Huarahi Whakatu dual competency professional development and recognition programme co-ordinator, Adrienne Donnelly-Kara.
(10) The Waikato-Tainui rohe includes much of the Waikato region, and spans from the Rohe Potae (King Country) in the south through to South Auckland, and from the west coast to the mountain ranges of Hapuakohe and Kaimai in the east.
The large differences in mean density and size of geoduck between the Kennedy Bay and Wellington populations may, in part, be due to large storm events that occurred in the Coromandel region in the mid 1990s, which saw large numbers of geoduck stranded on the beaches surrounding Kennedy Bay (George Potae, Kennedy Bay Mussel Company Ltd, pers.
"Amirio's Hat: te potae o Amiria." [double dagger] (Parallel text), L.