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Kōrero: Tapa whenua – naming places

Whārangi 5. Hononga, rauemi nō waho

Ētahi atu tūhononga, pae tukutuku hoki

Ētahi whakaaro puaki, takenga

  • Buck, Peter (Te Rangi Hīroa). The coming of the Māori. Te Whanganui-a-Tara: Māori Purposes Fund Board/Whitcombe & Tombs, 1949.
  • He korero purakau mo nga taunahanahatanga a nga tupuna: place names of the ancestors, a Maori oral history atlas. Te Whanganui-a-Tara: New Zealand Geographic Board, 1990.
  • McKinnon, Malcolm, ētita. Bateman New Zealand historical atlas. Tāmaki-makau-rau: David Bateman, 1997.
  • Orbell, Margaret. Hawaiki: a new approach to Maori tradition. Ōtautahi: Canterbury University Press, 1991.
  • Reed, A. W. Reed book of Māori mythology. Rev. by Ross Calman. Tāmaki-makau-rau: Reed, 2004.
Ki mua Whai muri: Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa Whai muri

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Rāwiri Taonui, Tapa whenua – naming places, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/story/2253/sources (accessed 10 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.