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Kōrero: Place names

Norsewood street names

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Norsewood street names

Norsewood’s name is a reminder of its origins as a Scandinavian settlement. Vikings were Scandinavian raiders of the ninth to tenth centuries, and Odin was the leading Scandinavian god.

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Malcolm McKinnon, Place names – Local naming, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/19348/norsewood-street-names (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.