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Kōrero: Hauraki–Coromandel region

Māori place names of the Coromandel peninsula

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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Paul Monin, Hauraki–Coromandel region – Māori migration and settlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/30393/maori-place-names-of-the-coromandel-peninsula (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Paul Monin, i tāngia i te 13 December 2010, updated 1 April 2016.

Comments

Imelda Bargas
21 January 2016
The name for Table Mountain in Thames according to the Thames Coromandel District Council is Te Kohatu-whakairi-a-Ngatoroirangi Table Mountain – Te Kohatu-whakairi-a-Ngatoroirangi; ‘up-raise rock of Ngatoroirangi’. Ngatoroirangi was the priestly navigator on the Te Arawa waka, said to have raised a rock in the ranges to signal his arrival. English name deriving from its flat-top physical shape. http://www2.tcdc.govt.nz/Global/5_Have%20Your%20Say/Heritage%20Review%20Report/Appendix%20B% 20-%20Places.pdf Further information about it can be found on this page: http://thamesnz-genealogy.blogspot.co.nz/2015/02/thames-nz-landmark-table-mountain-te.html Regards, Imelda. Imelda Bargas | Digital Content Lead / Senior Historian, Research and Publishing Group Manatū Taonga - Ministry for Culture and Heritage
s munn
15 December 2015
What is the Maori name for table top mountain ,Thanks
agnes
05 November 2012
thank you now i know all of the Maori Coromandle name this helped me with my Maori assignment.
crystal
05 November 2012
This helped a lot thank you to who ever did this page thanks a lot.