Maori name for New Zealand tree, Hedycarya dentata, Forst., N.O. Monimiaceae.Porokaiwhiri is the fuller name of the tree.
1883. /J./ Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand,' p. 129
«Kaiwhiria, a small evergreen tree, twenty to thirty feet high;the wood is finely marked and suitable for veneering.»