maimain.

1863 S. Butler First Year Canterbury Settl. v. 72 The few Maories that inhabit this settlement..always go on foot, and we saw several traces of their encampments—little mimis, as they are called—a few light sticks thrown together, and covered with grass, affording a sort of half-and-half shelter for a single individual.

1873 J. H. H. St. John Pakeha Rambles through Maori Lands ix. 153 In the days of bush fighting it used to be a common occurrence at the end of a day's march, when the maemae's had been knocked up by the side of a stream, to see three or four of the men gravely set to work with pannikin..and ‘wash’ for a prospect.

1913 N.Z. Observer 17 May 17 The gallant Aucklander who returns with a large bunch of ducks has paid 30s for his mia mia.

1963 Weekly News (Auckland) 15 May 27 W. Porter operated successfully from a well-made maimai in the shallows of the Waikato River.

1981 C. Hunt Speaking a Silence 104 First of all they just built a maimai: we stopped in it first night we went there.