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The Maori name for the South Island in New Zealand is Te Waipounamu, which translates to "the waters of greenstone."
te wai pounamu
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 ).
"Kawatiri" is the Maori name for the Buller River located in the South Island of New Zealand.
Torea is the South Island pied oystercatcher and Torea pango is the sooty oystercatcher.
The Maori name for the South Island in New Zealand is Te Waipounamu, which translates to "the waters of greenstone."
te wai pounamu
Te Wai Pounamu is a Maori name for the Island now commonly known as the South Island.
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 ).
"Kawatiri" is the Maori name for the Buller River located in the South Island of New Zealand.
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.
Torea is the South Island pied oystercatcher and Torea pango is the sooty oystercatcher.
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.
rakiura
Wharekauri.
The Maori name for the North Island in New Zealand is Te Ika-a-Māui.
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.