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 Ika a Maui and Te Waka a Maui
'Te Ika A Maui' which means the fish of Maui. Maui is a demigod in Polynesian mythology who fished up the north island from beneath the ocean.
The Maori name for the North Island in New Zealand is Te Ika-a-Māui.
North Island in Maori is Te Ika a Maui.
Poneke. Te Whanganui a Tara. Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui.
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.
Maori names for Wellington include:"Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui" (the head of Maui's fish)"Te Whanganui-a-Tara" (the great harbour of Tara)Pōneke
Te Ika ā Maui Its the size of the north 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 ).
North Island (Te Ika-A-Maui) and South Island (Te Waipounamu)
The old Maori name for the North Island is Te Ika-a-Maui.