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<hw>Kahawai</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for the fish <i>Arripis salar</i>, Richards.; called in Australia and New Zealand <i>Salmon</i> (q.v.).
<hw>Kahikatea</hw>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for a New Zealand tree, <i>Podocarpus dacrydioides</i>, A. Rich., <i>N.O. Coniferae</i>. Also called <i>White-Pine</i>. See <i>Pine</i>. The settlers' pronunciation is often <i>Kackatea</i>. There is a Maori word Kahika, meaning ancient.
1855. Rev. R. Taylor. `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 439:
"White-pine, <i>Podocarpus dacrydioides</i>—Kahikatea, kahika, korol. This tree is generally called the white-pine, from the colour of its wood. The kahikatea may be considered as nearly the loftiest tree in the New Zealand forest; it often attains a height of little less than two hundred feet, and in that respect rivals the noble kauri, but the general appearance is not very pleasing."
1875. T. Laslett, `Timber and Trees,' p. 304:
"The kahikatea or kakaterra-tree (<i>Dacrydium excelsum</i> or <i>taxifolium</i>). This majestic and noble-looking tree belongs to the natural order of <i>Taxaceae</i>, more commonly known by the name of Joint Firs. Height 150 to 180 feet, rising sixty feet and upward without a branch."
1876: W. Blair, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,' vol. ix. art. 10, p. 160:
"This timber is known in all the provinces, except Otago, by the native name of `kahikatea'. I think we should adopt it also, not only on account of being more euphonious, but for the reason that so many timbers in other parts of the world are called white-pine."
1873. `Appendix to Journal of House of Representatives,' vol. iii. G. 7, p. 11: