1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 404:
"The Kakariki . . . (<i>platycercus novae zeal</i>.) is a pretty light green parrot with a band of red or yellow over the upper beak and under the throat. This elegant little bird is about the size of a small thrush."
1894. `Transactions of the New Zealand Institute,' vol. xxvii. p. 95 [Note]:
"The name <i>Kakarika</i> (indicative of colour) is applied alike to the green lizard and to the green Parrakeet of our woods."
<hw>Kamin</hw>, <i>n</i>. aboriginal word, explained in quotation. It is probably local.
1890. C. Lumholtz, `Among Cannibals,' p. 89:
"If he [the Australian black] has to climb a high tree, he first goes into the scrub to fetch a piece of the Australian calamus (<i>Calamus australis</i>), which he partly bites, partly breaks off; he first bites on one side and breaks it down, then on the other side and breaks it upwards—one, two, three, and this tough whip is severed. At one end of it he makes a knot, the other he leaves it as it is. This implement, which is usually from sixteen to eighteen feet long, is called a kamin."
<hw>Kanae</hw>, <i>n</i>. (trisyll.) Maori name for a fish of New Zealand, the Silver-Mullet, <i>Mugil perusii</i> or <i>argenteus</i>.
1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand' (C.M.S.), p. 158:
"Kanae, s. The mullet fish."