Ngā Rauropi Whakaoranga

Carmichaelia aligera, Carmichaelia flagelliformis

mākaka;  maukoro, tainoka, taunoka (Taylor 1855), taranagahape, neinei (according to Lyall,  in Williams 1971) 

New Zealand broom

"a kind of broom bearing a small white pencilled pea flower" (Taylor 1870)

"there is a saying, that taunoka has no heart, and a bad man is compared to it" (Taylor 1855)

E rito koe ki te taunoka - proverbial expression applied to an unreliable vacillating person (Williams 1971)