Kōrero: Place names

This mid-19th century map of New Zealand shows a variety of names for the main islands – the North Island had also been named New Ulster, the Middle (now South) Island New Munster and South (now Stewart) Island, New Leinster. The New Ulster, Munster and Leinster names, the first two of which were also used for provincial divisions, fell out of use when new provinces with different names were established in 1853.