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What is the Maori name for the south island is NZ?

The Maori name for the South Island in New Zealand is Te Waipounamu, which translates to "the waters of greenstone."


What is the maori word for south island?

te wai pounamu


Who named the south island te wai pounamu?

Te Wai Pounamu is a Maori name for the Island now commonly known as the South Island.


What is the maori name for the south island of new zealand?

Te Waipounamu (The Greenstone Isle), the South Island. Also Te-Waka-a-Maui, the canoe of Maui, from which he fished up the North Island ( Te-Ika-A-Maui, the fish of Maui ).


What does Kawatiri mean in Maori?

"Kawatiri" is the Maori name for the Buller River located in the South Island of New Zealand.


What did Captain Cook name Stewart Island?

South Cape. Cook believed that it was a peninsular and part of the South Island. It was named Stewart Island after a sealer, Capt William Stewart, who charted it in 1809. Its Maori name is Rakiura.


What is the maori name for ''oystercatcher''?

Torea is the South Island pied oystercatcher and Torea pango is the sooty oystercatcher.


What is the Maori creation for the South Island mythology?

The South island is Maui's canoe which he was in when he fished the north island out of the sea. Stewart island was the anchor stone.


What is the maori name for stewwart island?

rakiura


What is the maori name for chatham island?

Wharekauri.


What the maori name for north island in nz?

The Maori name for the North Island in New Zealand is Te Ika-a-Māui.


What is the name of New Zealand's larger island?

The South Island (known as Te Wai Pounamu or Te waka A Maui in Maori) is the name given to the largest of NZ's three main islands.