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In the absence of canoes they essayed to cross it on mokis or bundles of flax-stalks.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)

By means of large mokis, carrying upwards of a ton.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis