The malae (Malae O Le Talu), main village green/meeting place. I suspect the word malae is the same word as marae in Maori.
After research, turns out marae = malae. It's amazing now similar but different the Polynesian languages and cultures are.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marae
Rough notes:
http://mandarinmanmarktravelnotes.blogspot.com/2011/06/2011-nz-to-sf-day-28.html
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