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• Matangi Āwhio

  1. Early residents at Matangi Āwhio - Pohea and Tamangakau *Place Names *An old tradition recounted by kaumatua of Ngāti Kuia and Ngāti Koata offers one explanation for the...

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• Poiwhai, Punawai and Mānuka Island

  Frederick Tuckett’s 1842 map of the Nelson Settlement shows in yellow 100 of the 1,100 one-acre Nelson Town Sections surveyed for Nelson Town.  These were the New Zealand Company’s...

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• Tāhunanui - the kāinga

  Tāhunanui sounds like a name from pre-European times but it was only approved in 1911.  Until the twentieth century the area was known as The Sands or Tāhuna;  its traditional...

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• Wakatū or Whakatū

  Māori Names People often ask what a Māori place-name means, and try to break down parts of the name to find meaning:  e.g. Motueka = motu + weka =...

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• Mahitahi River

  The traditional name for the river flowing through Nelson City was “Mahitahi”, truncated to “Maitai” from early colonial times.  For centuries the Maitai Valley has been an important access...

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