A New Zealand name for the blue cod, Parapercis colias, a popular food fish found around the South Island and Cook Strait. The term comes from Maori and is used in New Zealand English alongside blue cod. A valued table fish, commonly sold in fish and chip shops in southern New Zealand.
The best rawaru he ever tasted came from a tiny takeaway in Kaikoura.
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(New Zealand) A fish, the blue cod ().
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