Te reo Māori ingoa wāhi names
The New Zealand Gazetteer lists Māori and all official place names of New Zealand. You can identify Māori place names with macrons by downloading a .csv file from the Gazetteer.
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Takiwā
| Te Upoko-o-te-ika-a-Māui | Wellington |
| Aotearoa | New Zealand |
| Murihiku | Southland |
| Muriwhenua | far North, i.e. north of Kaitaia |
| Rakiura | Stewart Island |
| Rekohu | Chatham Islands |
| Te Hiku o te Ika | Northland |
| Te Ika-a-Māui | North Island |
| Te Matau‑a‑Māui | Hawke’s Bay |
| Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi | Bay of Plenty |
| Te Tai Hauāuru | West Coast |
| Te Tai o Aorere | Tasman |
| Te Tai o Marokura | Kaikoura Coast |
| Te Tai o Poutini | West Coast, Te Waipounamu |
| Te Tai Poutini | West Coast |
| Te Tai Rāwhiti | East Coast, Te Ika-a-Māui |
| Te Tai Tokerau | Northland |
| Te Tai Tonga | Southern Region |
| Te Tauihu o te Waka a Māui | Marlborough |
| Te Waipounamu | South Island |
| Waitaha | Canterbury |
Te Ika-a-Māui
Te Upoko o te Ika
- Awa Kairangi, Te; (Hutt Valley)
- Kāpiti
- Mākara Beach / Hill / Locality / River / Stream
- Mākaro, (Ward Island)
- Mātakitaki-a-Kupe, (Cape Palliser)
- Matiu, (Somes Island)
- Māwaihākona, (Trentham)
- Ngā Puna Waiora, (Newtown)
- Ōhāriu
- Ōhau, Locality / Bay / Gorge / Hill / Point / River / Stream
- Ōkiwi, (Eastbourne)
- Ōnoke, Lake
- Ōpau, Bay
- Ōrongorongo, Hill / River
- Ōrua-pouanui (Baring Head)
- Ōtaki, Town / Beach / Forks / River
- Ōtari
- Ōwhiro, Bay / Stream
- Paekākāriki, Town / Hill
- Papakōwhai
- Pari-ā-Rua, (Porirua)
- Pariwhero, (Red Rocks)
- Pāuatahanui
- Pukeahurangi / Jumbo
- Pukeamoamo / Mitre
- Rangituhi / Colonial Knob
- Remutaka, Hill / Range / Stream / Forest Park
- Rimurapa, (Sinclair Head)
- Taitā
- Taitoko, (Levin)
- Tangi te Keo; (Mt Victoria)
- Tarikākā, (Mt Kaukau)
- Turanga-rere, (Brooklyn)
- Taupō, Bay / Creek / Hill / Point / Stream / Swamp
- Tauwharenīkau, Hill / River / Locality
- Te Papa-i-Oea, (Palmerston North)
- Te Whakatūrākau, Stream; (Atiwhakatu)
- Te Whanganui-a-Tara, (Wellington)
- Tītahi Bay
- Tōtara, Bush / Creek / Flats / Lagoon
- Tuhirangi, (Mt Barton)
- Tūrere Stream
- Waitārere
- Whakatīkei, River (Upper Hutt)
- Whiorau / Lowry Bay
Te toenga o te Ika
- Ahukawakawa, (Sphagnum Moss Swamp, Taranaki)
- Hangatāhua River, (Stony River)
- Kaweka, Forest Park
- Kōkōwai Stream, (Oakura River, Taranaki)
- Manawatū
- Ngāuruhoe
- Panitahi, (Fanthams Peak)
- Pouākai, (range, hill, track, hut)
- Pūtauaki, (Mount Edgecumbe)
- Tāmaki Makaurau, (Auckland)
- Taranaki Mounga
- Te Ikapārua River, (Warea River, Taranaki)
- Te Papa-Kura-o-Taranaki (National Park)
- Te Rere-o-Kāpuni, (Dawson Falls)
- Te Rere-o-Tahurangi, (Bells Falls)
- Te Rerenga Wairua, (Cape Rēinga)
- Te Tāhuna-o-Tūtawa, (Warwick Castle, Taranaki Mounga)
- Te Tara o te Ika a Maui, (Coromandel)
- Te Umu-o-Taomanawa, (The Dome, Taranaki Mounga)
- Tūranga‑nui‑a‑Kiwa, (Gisborne)
- Tūrangi
- Tūroa
- Uawa, (Tolaga Bay)
Te Waipounamu
- Aoraki, (Mt Cook)
- Hāwea, Conservation Park / Flat / Island / Lake / River
- Hāwera, Lake / River
- Kā Tiritiri o te Moana (Southern Alps)
- Kawatiri, (Westport, Buller River)
- Maniniaro / Angelus Peak, Nelson Lakes National Park
- Motu-pōhue (Bluff)
- Māwhera, (Greymouth))
- Ōkārito
- Ōtautahi, (Christchurch)
- Ōtepoti, (Dunedin)
- Poukirikiri / Travers Saddle, Nelson Lakes National Park
- Pōurangahau / Mt Robert, Nelson Lakes National Park
- Rotomairewhenua / Blue Lake, Nelson Lakes National Park
- Rotomaninitua / Lake Angelus, Nelson Lakes National Park
- Rotopōhueroa / Lake Constance, Nelson Lakes National Park
- Te Aruhe Pora, Two Thumbs Range
- Te Horowai / Speargrass, Nelson Lakes National Park
- Te One-Tahua, (Farewell spit)
- Tititea, (Mt Aspiring)
- Tāhuna, (Queenstown)
- Tōtaranui
- Waiharakeke, Te (Blenheim)
- Waihōpai, (Invercargill)
- Waitāwhiri, Wilverforce River
- Whakatū (Nelson)
- Wānaka, Lake
Te Moana ki te Tonga
- Te Moana-tāpokopoko-a-Tāwhaki, Southern Ocean
- Maungahuka, Auckland Island, Auckland Islands
- Moutere Ihupuku, Campbell Island
- Tiri o Te Moana or Te Kōpakatanga ki te Tonga, Antarctica
Language
New Zealand English (following British English). Reference - New Zealand Oxford Dictionary.
Te reo Māori: names of places, flora and fauna; words commonly used in New Zealand English.
Correct use of macrons. Ngā tohutō are used except in page and group names for technical reasons. Instead, use the (:title:) markup to include the macron.
Date and time
International standard date and time styles; date: yyyy-mm-dd; time: hh:mm (24 hour clock)
Number
Words for zero to nine, otherwise digits. e.g. zero, two, eight, 11, 53
Spaced suffix abbreviations e.g. 5.5 km; 23 kg; ½ tsp;
Commas
The website follows the serial comma (Oxford comma) convention
Place names
The New Zealand Gazetteer lists all official place names of New Zealand. You can identify Māori place names with macrons by downloading a .csv file from the Gazetteer.
Follow the LINZ Gazeteer.
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Flora and fauna
- kākā
- kākāpō
- kākāriki
- kārearea
- kēreru (kūkupa or kūkū)
- kōtare
- mānuka
- mataī
- pīwakawaka; fantail; also tīrairaka
- pukēko
- pūtakitaki / pūtangitangi; Paradise shelduck
- rātā
- tōtara
- tūī
- wētā
Te reo Māori words commonly used in New Zealand English
Horanuku
- awa river
- horanuku landscape
- moana sea, ocean, large lake
- manga branch (of a river or tree), creek, watercourse, ditch, drain
- maunga mountain
- motu island; country, land, nation
- ngahere forest
- puna water spring, well, pool
- puke hill
- repo swamp, bog, marsh
- roto lake; wetlands, swamp
- tātahi beach, seaside, riverside
- tihi summit, top, peak
- whanga bay, cove, bight, estuary
- whenua land; country, land, nation, state
Huarere
- āwhā gale, storm, heavy rain, torrential rain
- hau wind, breeze, breath
- huarere weather
- huka snow, also hail and frost
- hukarere to snow, snow
- kapua cloud, bank of clouds
- kohu fog, mist, haze, smog
- mākū wet, moist, damp, soggy
- maroke dry
- paki fine, without rain, dry, fair weather
- tio ice, freezing cold
- ua rain
- uira lightning
- whaitiri thunder
Ērā atu
- ara way, path, lane, track, course, route
- heke descend, get off, dismount, disembark; fall, drip
- hīkoi tramp
- tangata hīkoi tramper
- hui meeting, gathering
- inu beverage, to drink
- kai food, to eat
- kōrero talk
- mahi work
- piki climb, scale, ascend, climb over, get on
- retireti hukarere skiing
- wai water, liquid, juice
- whānau family
- whiti cross over (a river, bridge, etc.), reach the opposite side
See also
- 2000 Māori place names (NZ History)
- Find Māori place names, dual names and alternative names (LINZ)
- Place names (Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori)
- Index of Māori place names (Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato)
Inclusive te reo Māori (digital.govt.nz)
- Te Aro pa and Matairangi Māori Sites of Te Whanganui a Tara (wcl.govt.nz)
- Dictionary of Māori Computer and Social Media terms
- Website layout styles
- Tararua Tramper Contributor Guidelines