Maori name for a whale.
1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 136:
«Fable of the Kauri (pine-tree) and Tohora (whale).»
1878. W. Colenso, `Transactions of New Zealand Institute,'vol. xi. art. iv. pt. 2, p. 90:
«Looking at it as it lay extended, it resembled a very largewhale (nui tohora).»
1883. J. Hector, `Handbook of New Zealand,' p. 21:
«In the open sea, and to the south, the most prized whale nextto the sperm is the black whale, or tohora ( Eubalaena Australis), which is like the right whale of the North Sea,but with baleen of less value.»