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Ko te niu he rākau whakatuputupu ki ngā tātahi pārūrū tae ana ki te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa me te Moana Īnia. Ko te ingoa pūtaiao he Cocos nucifera.[1] Ka āhei te rewarewa ngā hua o tēnei tipu i te wai moana mō te ruinga.[2]
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Te kupu reo nō reo Ahiteronīhia i mua *niuʀ.[3] Ko te rākau e mōhio ana ngā tangata ki te marotiritiri hei haha āna kai me wai inu.[4] He tipu tēnei i mauria haere e ngā tīpuna Māori i ō rātou torotoronga, engaringari kare i ora tenei rakau mea ai te āhuarangi makariri ki Aotearoa.[5]