G'day again Stewie,

The 'trans-Tasman' texts I was able to check did not help much. Someting like the OWLS trade-word lists might help - if you can locate NZ version. (Or find a Phil Garland lyrics site ... ?)

It does occur to me the sasha (?) could be "slasher" .., perhaps a bill-hook, or similar, device for clearing around the tree to be chopped ... but I can't summon up any learned defense! The later terms are all woods / trees - like rata and rimu in an earlier verse ... but I can't help with details on the "gino (?) and the nyall (?) and the kuramiko (?)".

Regards,

Bob