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Wai means water
kato means flow or water current
According to Maori oral tradition, the Waikato river was given this name by the people in the founding canoe Tainui, when they felt the current caused by the river, in the sea outside the Waikato river mouth.
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Waikato translates to flowing water in Māori. It is also the name of a region in the North Island of New Zealand.
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What does wanaka mean in maori?
Two different versions. 1. Edward Shortland transcribed Chief Hururu's word as Oanaka - which would be 'the place of Anaka.' When they met in 1844 on the banks of the Waitaki river. 2. Otherwise, Wanaka is the southern Maori dialect of wananga in northern Maori. = place of knowledge or information. Now used in the NZ Universities titles as Wananga o Otago, Wananga o Waikato, etc.
What five maori tribes did not sign the treaty of waitangi?
The five Maori tribes that did not sign the Treaty of Waitangi are Ngāi Tāmanuhiri, Te Patukirikiri, Ngāti Tamaterā, Ngāti Hineuru, and Ngāti Rāhiri Tumutumu.
What does Rohana mean in maori?
Rohana does not have a specific meaning in Maori. It is not a traditional Maori word or name.
What does the Maori word for grandchildren mean?
The Maori word for grandchildren is mokopuna.
What is a snapper maori name?
Assuming you mean 'What is the Maori word for Snapper' then the answer is... Tamure'
Name the maori tribes are associated with the Waikato River?
The Maori tribe associated with the Waikato river is the Tanui tribe or the Waikato tribe this is the only tribe associated with the river
The capital of the Waikato?
Waikato's major city is Hamilton. The Waikato town, Ngaruawahia, is the capital of the Maori King Movement.
Who crowned all the Maori kings?
Waikato
What is the maori kings marae?
Turangawaewae in Ngaruawahia, Waikato.
Which town did the maori king grow up?
Ngaruawahia in the Waikato.
In 1879-1880 the Maori community at Parihaka in Taranaki conducted a campaign of passive resistance against the waikato Maori or the government?
The colonial government.
Which Maori tribes did not sign the Treaty of Waitangi?
Tribes that did not sign the treaty of Waitangi include: Tuhoe, Waikato, Te Arawa, Ngati Paoa and Tuwharetoa.
What tribe did Te Wherowhero maori king belong to?
Ngati Mahuta an Iwi of Waikato Tainui.
Who named the waikato river?
The river was named by the Maori people long before Europeans arrived in the early 1800's. The name Waikato translates as "flowing water" (wai=water, kato=flowing).
What does Waikato mean in english?
Waikato(personal noun) collective name of the tribes living in the Waikato Basin. Also the name of the river from which they take their name.
Where is the waireko rivers?
do you mean wairakei river?it is in the waikato region of New Zealand's north island:D
What does waikato mean?
'Wai' means water & 'Kato' means flow or water
