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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.

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