Lexicographical Neighbors of Rewarewa
Literary usage of Rewarewa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Zealand Official Yearbook by New Zealand Dept. of Statistics (1900)
"At Whaka-rewarewa about 2 miles from the Sanatorium, the two principal ...
In the afternoon Whaka-rewarewa may be visited, where there are geysers anil ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"rewarewa (honeysuckle), a handsome flowering tree common on the outskirts of the
forests. Wood light and free-working: the grain handsomely flowered like ..."
3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"129: " rewarewa, a lofty, slender tree, ico feet high. Wood handsome, mottled
red and brown, used for furniture and shingles, and for fencing, ..."
4. The Official Catalogue of the Exhibits: With Introductory Notices of the ...Centennial International Exhibition (1888)
"Specimen» of forest trees : totara plank, black maire, rewarewa. ... Three-ft.
lengths ot totara, matai, remu, rewarewa, white pine, black maire. ..."
5. The Journal of the Polynesian Society by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) (1893)
"THE rewarewa pa stands at the mouth of the ... and which was the direct cause of
the terrible revenge measured out to the inhabitants of the rewarewa pa. ..."
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