Map, Te Wai Pounamu
Maker
Department of Lands & Survey
Whiting, Cliff
G P Print Ltd
Te Puna Korero
NZ Geographic Board
Robertson, William Alexander
Production date
1995
Current rights
Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0
Object detail
Ref: Infomap 346-02 Te Ika A Maui.
Map showing the South Island with Māori place names:
Ripapa, Rapaki, Tai Tapu around Christchurch. Rau Kawakawa - Cook Strait.
On the reverse is a list of natural features and settlements with the Māori name, meaning and present day designation:
Tu Te Rapaki Whanoa - Widening of the thighs of the Tu Te Raki Whanoa, The Grey River. Aoraki - World of clouds - Mount Cook.
Also includes Pā of the 18 and 19 centuries:
Ara Paoa - Ancient Pā of Tu Mata Kokiri C1770's, near Okukari Bay.
Kakaunui - Te Ara I Te Uru canoe was wrecked here and the survivors built a Pā at Kakaunui, near the Waitaki River mouth.
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