MAORI PLACES
MAORI PLACE NAMES
Auckland......................................Tâmaki makaurau
Banks Peninsula.......................Hakaroa
Blenheim.....................................Wairau
Canterbury Plains......................Ngâ Pâkihi whakatekateka a Waitaha
Canterbury..................................Waitaha
Cape Reinga.............................Te Rerenga Wairua
Chatham Islands......................Rekohu or Wharekauri
Christchurch..............................Ôtautahi
Cook Strait.................................Te Moana a Raukawa
Dunedin......................................Ôtepoti
East Cape..................................Te Tai râwhiti
Featherston................................Kaiwaewae
Feilding.......................................Aorangi
Foveaux Strait............................Te Ara a Kiwa
Fox Glacier (Glacier only)........Te Moenga o Tuawe
Franz Josef Glacier (Glacier)..Kä Roimata ö Hine Hukatere
Gisborne.....................................Tûranga nui a Kiwa
Great Barrier Island...................Aotea
Greymouth..................................Mâwhera
Haast Pass................................Tioripatea
Hamilton.....................................Kirikiriroa
Hastings.....................................Heretaunga
Hawera.......................................Hâwera
Hawke's Bay..............................Te Matau a Mâui
Huntly..........................................Râhui pôkeka
Invercargill..................................Murihiku
Invercargill..................................Waihopai
Kapiti...........................................Kapiti
Kaikoura.....................................Te Ahi kai koura a Tama ki te rangi
Levin............................................Horowhenua
Lower Hutt..................................Awakairangi
Manukau.....................................Manukau
Masterton...................................Te Oreore
Mount Albert (Auckland)..........Ôwairaka
Mount Cook...............................Aoraki
Mount Eden (Auckland)...........Maungawhau
Mount Edgecumbe...................Pûtauaki
Mount Egmont...........................Taranaki
Mount Hobson (Auckland).......Remuera
Mount Roskill (Auckland).........Puketâpapa
Mount Saint John......................Te Kopuke Mahia
Mount Smart (Auckland)..........Rarotonga
Mount Wellington (Auckland)..Maungarei
Napier.........................................Ahuriri
Nelson........................................Whakatû
New Plymouth...........................Ngâmotu
Northland...................................Te Tai Tokerau
Oamaru......................................Te Oha a Maru
One Tree Hill (Auckland).........Maungakiekie
Palmerston North.....................Te Papa i oea
Porirua........................................Porirua
Pukekohe...................................Pukekohe
Rotorua......................................Rotorua
Southern Alps...........................Ngâ Puke mâeroero
Stewart Island...........................Rakiura
Takapuna...................................Takapuna
Taupo..........................................Taupô nui a Tia
Tauranga....................................Tauranga moana
Thames......................................Pârâwai
Timaru........................................Te Tihi o Maru
Upper Hutt..................................Whakatiki
Wairoa........................................Te Wairoa
Waitemata.................................Waitematâ
Wanganui..................................Whanganui
Wellington.................................Te Whanga nui a Tara
West Coast...............................Te Taihau â uru
Whakatane................................Whakatâne
Whangarei.................................Whangârei terenga paraoa
White Island..............................Whakaari
SOME KEY WORDS IN PLACE NAMES
Ara................path, road
Au.................current
Awa..............river, valley
Iti...................small
Kai................food or to eat
Kapua..........clouds
Kato .............to flow
Koura ..........crayfish
Manaia.........plain
Manga..........stream
Maunga .......mountain
Moana .........sea, large lake
Motu .............island
Naki .............to move with even motion
Nui................big or plenty of
o....................of
One...............sand
Pae...............ridge, range
Papa.............flat, open, level area
Pehu.............to explode
Poto..............short
Puke ............hill
Puna ...........spring of water
Rangi ..........sky/heavens
Roa...............long
Roto .............lake
Rua ..............two or hole
Tai.................coast, tide
Tara .............peak
Wai ...............water
Whanga.......harbour, bight
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