Two of the place names depicted connect the demigod Māui and navigator Kupe to the Coromandel Peninsula. Many others embody the association of Te Arawa ancestors Tamatekapua and Kahumatamomoe with the peninsula. Others are more purely descriptive.
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Source: Malcolm McKinnon, ed., Bateman New Zealand historical atlas: ko papatuanuku e takoto nei. Auckland: David Bateman, 1997, plate 19
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The name for Table Mountain
Imelda Bargas (not verified)
21 January 2016
What is the marori name for
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16 December 2015
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05 November 2012
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05 November 2012
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