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Topic
Place naming
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Resource category
Guide
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Current
ISBN/ISSN
978-0-477-00049-9

This bilingual book tells the stories of early Māori discoverers, explorers and travellers from the first wave of migration waka, and the place names they gave. Each story has a map showing their journeys and the locations of the places named.

Re-print ISBN 978-0-477-00049-9

Book cover of He Korero Pūrākau Mo Ngā Taunahanahatanga a Ngā Tūpuna, Place Names of the Ancestors - A Māori Oral History Atlas

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