The Maori name for the North Island of New Zealand is Te Ika-a-Māui. This name translates to "The Fish of Maui" in English, referring to the legend of Maui, a demigod who fished the North Island from the ocean.
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 ).
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The old Maori name for the North Island is Te Ika-a-Maui.
Maui was the fisherman who fished up the North Island, hence its Maori name of 'te ika a Maui'. = the fish of Maui. [Patu please expand]
The Maori name for the North Island of New Zealand is Te Ika-a-Māui, which translates to "The Fish of Māui." Māui is a significant figure in Maori mythology.
Maui.
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The Maori name for the North Island in New Zealand is Te Ika-a-Māui.
Te Ika a Maui and Te Waka a Maui
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