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• Tī Kōuka Whenua

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  Māori local history - discover stories of Christchurch and Banks Peninsula. Use the interactive map, browse the index, enjoy the pictures, and listen to sound files of interviews with people who have special knowledge of the places. Prepared by…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Kā Huru Manu, Ngāi Tahu Atlas

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  Ngai Tahu's online map of Te Waipounamu (the South Island) and Rakiura (Stewart Island) has over 1,000 original Māori place names, kā ara tawhito (traditional travel routes), and the original Māori land allocations in the Ngāi Tahu takiwā.

• Te Karaka special edition: Crown Settlement Offer (2nd edition) November 1998

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  Te Karaka has a map with 88 South Island place names in Māori and English. Includes the names of hills, islands, and rivers. It is on page 38 of Te Karaka special edition: Crown Settlement Offer (2nd edition) November 1998 [29.8MB PDF].

• Maori Place-names of Canterbury

  Including One Thousand Hitherto Unpublished Names Collected From Maori Sources

  Beattie, H. (Herries), 1881-1972

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  A comprehensive guide, valued for its first hand sources. James Herries Beattie interviewed local Māori who were not far removed from the generation prior to European settlement. The style is engaging and colloquial. The second edition has a useful…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Old Maori place names round Akaroa harbour : online

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  A digitised version of the pamphlet is based on original interviews by Louis Vangioni in the mid 20th Century: sources are named and noted meticulously. It's available online and includes a map.

• Maori Place Names Around Akaroa

  Vangioni, Louis J., 1872-1951

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  This pamphlet is based on original interviews by Louis Vangioni in the mid 20th Century: sources are named and noted meticulously. It’s available online and includes a map.

• South Island geographical names

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  Search the catalogue for resources about South Island geographical names.

• Ōtamahua/Quail Island

  a Link With the Past

  Jackson, P. J. (Peter J.)

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  The book explains the origins of Māori place names of Lyttelton Harbour (Whakaraupo) accompanied by labelled panoramic photographs showing the locations of these places.

• Know Your South Island Places

  Guide to Place Names and History

  Riley, Murdoch, 1927-

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  Includes origins of Māori place names for locations in Te Waipounamu (the South Island).

• The Voices of the Land

  Nga Reo O Te Whenua : What Place Names Tell Us About Our Past : Teaching and Learning Ideas and Activities

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  Prepared as a teaching resource to highlight what place names tell us about the land, but of wider interest beyond the classroom. There’s a basic introduction to the significance of place-names and landmarks in Māori culture, and an in-depth look at…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ngā Tohu Pūmahara

  The Survey Pegs of the Past : Understanding Māori Place Names

  Davis, Te Aue

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  Produced by the New Zealand Geographic Board, this book explains that place names in an oral tradition record the stories of the people who lived there, what they did, and where they came from. There is an extensive bibliography for further…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• He Korero Pūrākau Mo Ngā Taunahanahatanga a Ngā Tūpuna

  Place Names of the Ancestors, a Maori Oral History Atlas

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  A companion volume to 'Ngā Tohu Pūmahara', also published by the New Zealand Geographic Board.

• Place Names of New Zealand

  Reed, A. W. (Alexander Wyclif), 1908-1979

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  The classic dictionary, in a revised edition.

• Te Waipounamu

  Tangata Whenua Place Names Prior to European Settlement

  GeographX

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  Revised version showing names in use in 1840. Downloadable version available from Toitū te Whenua Land Information New Zealand.

• Place Names of Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills

  Ogilvie, Gordon, 1934-2017

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  Includes Māori names.