1892. W. McHutcheson, `Camp Life in Fiordland,' p. 8:
"Trudging moodily along in Indian file through the <i>matagouri</i> scrub and tussock."
1896. `Otago Witness,' 7th May, p. 48:
"The tea generally tastes of birch or Matagouri."
<hw>Matai</hw>, often abridged to <i>Mai</i>, <i>n</i>. Maori name for a New Zealand tree, <i>Podocarpus spicata</i>, R. Br., <i>N.O. Coniferae</i>. Black-pine of Otago.
1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand,' p. 124:
"Mr. Buchanan has described a log of matai that he found had been exposed for at least 200 years in a dense damp bush in North-East Valley, Dunedin, as proved by its being enfolded by the roots of three large trees of Griselinia littoralis."
<hw>Match-box Bean</hw>, <i>n</i>. another name for the ripe hard seed of the <i>Queensland Bean</i>, <i>Entada scandens</i>, Benth., <i>N.O. Leguminosae</i>. A tall climbing plant. The seeds are used for match-boxes. See under <i>Bean</i>.
<hw>Matipo</hw>, <i>n</i>. another Maori name for the New Zealand trees called <i>Mapau</i> (q.v.).
1866. Lady Barker, `Station Life in New Zealand' (ed. 1886), p. 94: