1777 W. Anderson Jrnl. Feb. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. 807 We observ'd already that the principal fish caught by the seyne were Mullets..and a fish in shape much like the Bream but so large as to weigh five, six or seven pounds. It is blackish with thick lips and called Mogge by the natives.

1840 A. D. W. Best Jrnl. 4 Nov. (1966) 261 12'00 weight of Rays were taken..in Evans's Bay besides Moki and other fish.

1845 E. J. Wakefield Adventure in N.Z. I. iv. 93 The moki is also a well-flavoured fish, weighing 10 lbs. or 12 lbs.

1857 C. Hursthouse N.Z. I. 122 Sea fish are more plentiful: the best are the Hapuka,..the Moki, the Wharehou [etc.].

1893 Star 25 May 2/8 The fish in question was New Zealand ‘Moki’, or blue cod, as it is called there, though it has less affinity with cod than with our own gray mullet.

1960 R. B. Doogue & J. M. Moreland N.Z. Sea Anglers' Guide 235 Red Moki... Belongs to the same family as tarakihi and porae, but the stouter body form and colour distinguish it immediately.

1971 N.Z. News 3 Feb. 3/2 A member of the Whangarei Underwater Club..shot a six-pound red moki.

1984 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. 27 427 The proximate composition of the fillet, head, viscera, skin, and frame of the following 10 New Zealand finfish species is described and discussed: blue moki (moki) Latridopsus ciliaris, frostfish Lepidopus caudatus, [etc.].

1996 M. Francis Coastal Fishes N.Z. (new ed.) 42/1 Painted moki are often seen in caves or crevices by day, but they also roam about the reef.

1835 J. A. Wilson Jrnl. 25 Aug. in Missionary Life & Work N.Z. (1889) ii. 25 The moki only carries one person at a time. You sit as on horseback.

1840 J. S. Polack Manners & Customs New Zealanders I. 226 In the absence of canoes, a quantity of dried bulrushes are fastened together, on which the native is enabled to cross a stream..; these humble conveyances are called moki.

1858 Jrnl. House of Representatives N.Z. App. iii. 18 We crossed the river on mokis.

1860 W. C. Let. 16 Apr. in J. H. Beattie Pioneers explore Otago (1947) vii. 45 He started in the dead of winter, on a moggie by himself... He crossed and re-crossed the lake several times.

1884 R. C. Reid Rambles on Golden Coast N.Z. 53 It had been used by the diggers as the keel of their ‘mogey’.

1900 N.Z. Mines Rec. 16 Jan. 233 Twenty mokis, well freighted with pounamu [etc.].

1988 Tales of Pioneer Women 119 There was no boat, so they collected bundles of dry flax sticks, tied them together into a ‘moki’, and crossed the river on that.