1856 W. Roberts Diary in J. H. Beattie (1947) 18 Maori-heads, a kind of grass tree about three feet high, abounded in the swamps.
1882 T. H. Potts 169 A boggy creek that oused sluggishly through rich black soil or amongst tall raupo, maori-heads, and huge flax bushes.
1956 J. H. Beattie 44 She rapidly crossed by jumping from one Maorihead to another.