Index of original tangata whenua place names, their history, origin or meaning, important events and cultural significance where known, and their equivalent contemporary name or description.
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Te Waipounamu
| Name | Korero | Current name or description |
|---|---|---|
| Ahaura | ara tawhito from Māwheranui to Hokakura | Ahaura River |
| Ahuriri | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and weka | Ahuriri River |
| Akaroa | long harbour | Akaroa Harbour |
| Anahau | windy bay | Cannibal Cove |
| Anatohia | bay of blessings | Anatohia Bay |
| Anatoki | named in association with the cave of adzes | Anatoki River |
| Anatoto | blood cave, an important Ngāti Kuia and Ngāti Kōata boundary marker | Clay Point |
| Ao-ata-te-pō | third largest island at Tamatea | Cooper Island |
| Aonui | not known | Cooks Head |
| Aopōuri | dark world or dark place | coastal ridges and ranges from south of Collingwood to west of Tākaka |
| Aoraki | principal maunga of Kāi Tahu whānui, and centre of the Kāi Tahu creation for Te Waipounamu | Aoraki / Mount Cook |
| Aorere | flowing clouds, a Hawaiki name | Aorere River |
| Aparima | a Ngāi Tahu kāinga | kāinga near Aparima River mouth |
| Aparima | named after a wahine tipuna and a major travel route | Aparima River |
| Arahura | one of the principal Kāti Waewae kāinga on Te Tai Poutini | kāinga at right bank, Arahura River mouth |
| Arahura | river renowned for pounamu | Arahura River |
| Arapaoa | the rising strike Kupe delivered to kill the monstrous octopus Te Wheke | Arapaoa Island |
| Arawhata | Pātea and Ngāti Kopiha stronghold succeeded by Ngāi Tahu | pā at left bank, Arawhata River mouth |
| Arawhata | a tipuna name | Arawhata River |
| Ari | named after a tipuna | Mount Alfred / Ari |
| Aroarokaehe | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Aroarokaehe Range |
| Aropaki | area of coastline on the eastern side of Te Waewae Bay | beach at Orepuki (locality) |
| Arowhenua | named by Te Rakitauneke to commemorate Arowhenua at Te Umu Kaha | former extensive bush clad area around Longbush (locality) |
| Arowhenua | Kāti Huirapa kāinga and cultivations located by large remnant of native forest | kāinga at Arowhenua Pa (locality) |
| Atuarere | reef where the Orurea waka capsized | Long Reef |
| Awaiti | little river | pā at Te Awaiti Bay |
| Awaroa | long expanse of water | Awaroa Inlet |
| Awarua | means ‘two channels’, refers to the two bodies of water that cover the harbour and the name is also used for the wider area | Bluff Harbour and Awarua Bay |
| Awarua | two rivers | Haast River |
| Awatere | fast flowing river | Awatere River |
| Haehae aku mata | cut and scar the face | Lake Nisson |
| Haehaeata | a rock in Central Otago | Leaning Rock / Haehaeata |
| Haehaenui | tributary of the Kawarau | Arrow River |
| Hakapoua | lake at southern end of Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Lake Hakapoua |
| Hakataramea | named after taramea (speargrass) | Hakataramea River |
| Hakatere | ara tawhito from the coastline to Ōtūwharekai | Ashburton River / Hakatere |
| Hākinikini | a tipuna name | Quoin Point |
| Hananui | highest maunga on Rakiura | Mount Anglem / Hananui |
| Hāpuku | named after hāpuku (groper) | Hāpuku River |
| Haukore | hill traditionally used as a weather marker | Helmet Hill |
| Haumaiteraki | tītī islands east of Rakiura | Bunker Islets |
| Haumuku | rocks near mouth of Ōhinatara | Sail Rock |
| Haupapa | descriptive term for frost and ice | Haupapa / Tasman Glacier |
| Hauroko | whistling sound of the wind | Lake Hauroko |
| Hautai | seeing a ship a long way off | Gorge River |
| Hautere | also known as ‘Te Niho-o-Kewa’ which describes the island as a tooth of the whale Kewa | Solander Island / Hautere |
| Hāwea | named for the tipuna Hāwea-i-te-raki | Hāwea / Bligh Sound |
| Hāwea | named for the tipuna Hāwea-i-te-raki | Lake Hāwea |
| Hekeao | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna | Hinds River |
| Hikuraki | bay on the southern coastline of Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū | Hikuraki Bay |
| Hikuraki | lake at Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | one of the Mavora lakes |
| Hikurangi | kāinga of Ngāti Rangitāne that Tamaherangi established | Hikurangi / Goulter Hill |
| Hine Kōareare | for a Ngāti Kuia tupuna, who was interred on the maunga | Strachan Peak |
| Hinemakawe | a tipuna name | Mount Castor |
| Hinemoatū | for a Ngāti Apa tupuna | Hinemoatū / Howard River |
| Hinenui | a tipuna name | Hinenui / Nancy Sound |
| Hinepaaka | sacred fowling tree traditionally used as a land marker | fowling tree near Alford Forest (locality) |
| Hinerukutai | named after the tipuna Hinerukutai | Lake Alice |
| Hinewaikārara | name for both the cape and Hazelburgh Group of Islands | East Cape / Koromere |
| Hokakura | lake dug by the Waitaha tipuna Rākaihautū | Lake Sumner |
| Hokanui | maunga near the Mataura | East Peak |
| Hokitika | inland kāinga at the Hokitika | kāinga at left bank, Hokitika River |
| Hokitika | named as a signpost ‘to return directly’ after disastrous battle | Hokitika River |
| Hopeakoa | cold water stabbing the loins when crossing the river | Taipo River |
| Horahora-Kākahu | the spreading out of the cloak | Horahora Kākahu Island |
| Horoirangi | washing of the sky, referring to clouds gathering as a sign of bad weather | Horoirangi / Drumduan |
| Huatea | south arm of Moturau | South Arm |
| Huatekerekere | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka and wife of Tarahaoa | Little Mount Peel / Huatekerekere |
| Huirapa | refers to the Kāi Tahu hapū of Kāti Huirapa | Mount Hutt |
| Huriawa | historic pā of the Ngāi Tahu rangatira Te Wera | pā at Waikouaiti River mouth |
| Hurunui | ara tawhito for transporting pounamu from Te Tai Poutini to Kaiapoi Pā | Hurunui River |
| Inangahua | named after īnanga (adult whitebait) | Inangahua River |
| Irihuka | peninsula on the Murihiku coastline | Irihuka |
| Iwituaroa | backbone | Iwituaroa Range |
| Kā Ara-a-Haereroa | named for Haereroa finding seal tracks here and making several trips to hunt them | Seal Point |
| Kā Huruhuru-o-koekoeā | feathers of koekoeā (the Long-tailed cuckoo) | Breaksea Island |
| Kā Kamu-a-Hakitekura | twinkling of the mountain tops seen by Hakitekura in the dawning light when she swam across Whakatipu Waimāori | Walter Peak and Cecil Peak |
| Kā Mauka Whakatipu | Whakatipu mountains | Ailsa Mountains |
| Kā Mauka-tokoweka | the mountain range of tokoweka (South Island brown kiwi) | Kā Mauka-tokoweka (range) |
| Kā Onehuka | bay on eastern coast of Rakiura | Chew Tobacco Bay |
| Kā Pākihi-whakatekateka-o-Waitaha | often interpreted as ‘the open plains where Waitaha walked proudly’ and ‘the treeless seedbed of Waitaha’ | Canterbury Plains |
| Kā Poupou-a-Te-Rakihouia | the eel weirs of Te Rakihouia | Kā Poupou-a-Rakihouia (coastline) |
| Kā Pukemāeroero | hills of the māeroro (supernatural beings) | Maclennan Range |
| Kā Rā-o-takitimu | the sails of Takitimu | Waimea Plains |
| Kā Roimata-a-Hinehukatere | the tears of Hinehukatere | Franz Josef Glacier / Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere |
| Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana | refers to when Māui mistook the white tipped mountains of Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana as “a mirage of the ocean” | Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana |
| Kā Tū-waewae-o-Tū | the standing feet of Tūterakiwhānoa | Secretary Island |
| Kā Whata-Tū-o-Rakihouia | the food storehouse of Rakihouia | Seaward Kaikōura Range |
| Kahokahotere | scudding mist | Bannock Brae |
| Kāhuikākāpō | the gathering of kākāpō | Spey River |
| Kahukura | named after Kahukura who helped Tūterakiwhānoa shape Te Waipounamu for human habitation | area around Bush Cone and Longbeach Creek |
| Kahukura | a tipuna name | Mount Alba |
| Kahurangi | northern boundary of Ngāi Tahu takiwā on Te Tai Poutini | Kahurangi Point |
| Kahuroa | also known as Ngā Paepae Tāngata by Kurahaupō iwi | Richmond Range |
| Kahutara | where the Ngāti Kurī rangatira Te Rākaitauheke wore a pōkeka and imitated a seal to entice Ngāti Māmoe out of Peketā Pā | Kahutara River |
| Kaiapoi | pā established by Tūrākautahi, son of Tūāhuriri | pā north of Kaiapoi |
| Kaiaua | a feast of aua (Yellow-eyed mullet) | kāinga in vicinity of Pakiaka Point at northeast of Croisilles Harbour |
| Kaihuka | tītī island southeast of Rakiura | Kaihuka Island |
| Kaikākāpō | named for kākāpō | Kaipo Bay |
| Kaikarae | named after karae (a seabird) | Kaikorai Stream and Kaikorai Lagoon |
| Kaikiekie | named after kiekie (native vine highly valued for weaving) | Kaikiekie / Bradshaw Sound |
| Kaimahi | a very important cultural site where Matuahautere lifted the tapu placed over the lands by his tupuna Kupe | Oke Rock |
| Kairākau | bay on eastern coastline of Rakiura | Halfmoon Bay |
| Kairuru | hill famed for taramea (speargrass) and tikumu (mountain daisy) | Kairuru |
| Kaitorete | ara tawhito and area of historical occupation | Kaitorete Spit |
| Kaituna | to eat eels | Kaituna River |
| Kākā | named for the parrots | pā on Kākā Island |
| Kakara Taramea | sweet-smelling taramea (speargrass) | Karamea River |
| Kākaunui | home of the leading Kāi Tahu rakatira Te Māmaru | kāinga nohoanga at Kakanui River mouth |
| Kākaunui | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering weka, tuna, tutu and kōareare (edible plant stem of raupō) | Kakanui River |
| Kāmoanahaehae | the split seas | junction of Clutha River / Mata-au and Manuherikia River |
| Kanawera | tītī island southwest of Rakiura | Taukihepa / Big South Cape Island |
| Kaniere | relates to sawing pounamu | Lake Kaniere |
| Kaniere | pass at the head of the Arahura | Mount Harman / Kaniere |
| Kaparatehau | site of the final battle between Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Toa | Lake Grassmere / Kapara Te Hau |
| Karangarua | renowned for tuna and gathering seagull eggs | Karangarua River |
| Kararoa | kāinga situated one days walk north of Māwhera | pā at Kararoa Creek |
| Karitāne | Ngāi Tahu kāinga at the Waikouaiti | kāinga at Karitane (locality) |
| Karu-hāpuku | a bush in Murihiku | former bush clad area around Gropers Bush (locality) |
| Kataihaere | home to the rangatira Taetae | pā at Ulipa Hill, Saltwater Lagoon |
| Kāti Hāwea | named after Kāti Hāwea | Mutiny Peak |
| Kāti Wairaki | named after Kāti Wairaki | Mount Paulina |
| Kawarau | ara tawhito from Mata-au to Whakatipu Waimāori | Kawarau River |
| Kawarau | name for both the mountain range and the Kawarau | The Remarkables |
| Kawatea | bay where the Makawhiua waka landed | Okains Bay |
| Kawatiri | northernmost kāinga on Te Tai Poutini | kāinga at left bank, Buller River mouth |
| Kawatiri | not known | Buller River |
| Kawhakaputaputa | large bay west of Ōraka | Kawakaputa Bay |
| Kekerengu | named after a tipuna of Ngāti Ira descent | Kekerengu River |
| Kimiākau | tributary of the Kawarau River | Shotover River |
| Kirikirikatata | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Kirikirikatata / Mount Cook Range |
| Ko te arohaki | river south of Ōkahu | Smoothwater River |
| Kōamaru | gentle, easy, to rejoice over | Cape Koamaru |
| Kohikaaroroa | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering weka, kākāpō, kea, kererū, kākā and aruhe (fernroot) | Harper River |
| Kohimara | flower of the native convolvulus | Kumara (locality) |
| Kohitewai | collecting water. In the 1820s the settlement was destroyed and thereafter used as a pahi (encampment) | kāinga in vicinity of Glenduan |
| Kokatahi | inland summer pā, and site of battle between Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Wairangi | Kokatahi River |
| Kōkōtane | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering pūtakitaki (Paradise duck) and pārera (Grey duck) | kāinga mahinga kai at southeast end of Lake Hāwea |
| Kōpeka | tītī island off the southeast coastline of Rakiura | Kopeka Island |
| Kōpūtai | kāinga nohoanga in Otago Harbour | kāinga at Port Chalmers |
| Kōpūwai | named after a giant who was transformed into the natural obelisk | Old Man Range / Kopuwai |
| Korotuaheka | historic kāinga resettled after land protest at Ōmārama | kāinga at right bank, Waitaki River mouth |
| Kōtorepī | beach where the Tairea waka was bailed out and repaired | Nine Mile Creek / Kotorepi |
| Kōtukuwhakaoka | named after a rangatira from Te Ika-a-Māui associated with taniwha legend | Arnold River |
| Kōtukuwhakaoka | named after a rangatira from Te Ika-a-Māui | Lake Brunner / Moana |
| Koukourarata | named by Moki after a stream at Te Whanganui-a-Tara that recalls the birth of his father, Tūāhuriri | Port Levy (Potiriwi) / Koukourarata |
| Kōwai | named after the native kōwhai tree | Kowai River |
| Kōwhai | for the kōwhai tree | pā at right bank Wairau River mouth |
| Kōwhaiwhai | named after a nearby clump of kōwhai trees | Kōhaihai River |
| Kura Tawhiti | area renowned for gathering kākāpō | Castle Hill |
| Kuramātakitaki | named after a female Waitaha tipuna | Mataketake Range |
| Kuramea | large tidal estuary at mouth of Pounawea | Catlins Lake |
| Kurateau | when Kupe killed Te Wheke it bled into the current turning it red. Also alludes to red krill | Tory Channel / Kura Te Au |
| Maerewhenua | kāinga nohoanga and location of ancient rock art drawings | kāinga at Maerewhenua River |
| Mahaanui | the waka of Māui | Mount Harper / Mahaanui |
| Mahakipaoa | smoke rising from cremations, an important Ngāti Kuia kāinga | kāinga at head of Mahakipawa Arm |
| Māhēipuku | the fishing sinker | Pepin Island |
| Māhinapua | site of a significant battle between Ngāi Tūāhuriri and Ngāti Wairangi | Lake Mahinapua |
| Mahitahi | river and bay where Māui first landed in Te Waipounamu | Mahitahi River |
| Mahitahi | to work together as one, a local name for whitebait | Maitai River |
| Mahu-tōrea | named after tōrea (South Island pied oystercatcher) | Tōrea Rocks |
| Maitapapa | Kāi Tahu kāika at the Taiari | kāika at Taieri River southwest of Henley (locality) |
| Makahoe | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering pātiki (flounders), makō (shark), tuere (blind eel) and shellfish | Papanui Inlet |
| Makarewa | tributary of the Ōreti | Makarewa River |
| Makarewa | tributary of the Waiau | Wairaki River |
| Makarore | ara tawhito from Wānaka to Te Tai Poutini | Makarora River |
| Makatī | prominent headland on the Murihiku coastline | Makati |
| Makāwhio | stream of whio (the native Blue duck) and Ngāti Mahaki pā | Makawhio River / Jacobs River |
| Makihikihi | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering kāuru (cabbage tree root), tuna (fernroot), aruhe and īnaka (whitebait) | Makikihi River |
| Makotukutuku | named after a tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Cape Wanbrow |
| Manakaiaua | eating of aua (yellow-eyed mullet) | Manakaiaua River |
| Manawapora | lake at Te Rua-o-Te-Moko, also known as Manawapopore | one of the Mavora lakes |
| Māniatoto | mānia is plain, and toto may refer to karaihe (reddish-brown sedge) resembling a sea of red blood (toto) | Maniototo Plain |
| Maniniaro | on the path for spirits of Ngāti Apa dead flying back to touch the shores of Hawaiki | Maniniaro / Angelus Peak |
| Manokīwai | full of permanent water | Monowai Lake |
| Manuhaea | centre of learning and lagoon renowned for tuna | kāinga nohoanga at The Neck, flooded when Lake Hāwea was raised |
| Manuherekia | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna, pārera (Grey duck), pūtakitaki (Paradise duck), and kōareare (edible plant stem of raupō) | Manuherikia River |
| Mangamaunu | kāinga north of the mouth of the Hāpuku | kāinga at Mangamaunu (locality) |
| Mangatāwhai | place at the intersection of many overland trails | area around Tophouse (locality) |
| Māpouriki | daughter of Kārito | Lake Mapourika |
| Māpoutahi | historic pā and site of a significant battle | pā at Mapoutahi (isthmus), Pūrākaunui Bay |
| Maraeroa | part of ara tawhito from the Waiau to the Mavora Lakes | Mararoa River |
| Mārahau | windy garden | Mārahau River |
| Marakura | also the name for a kāinga at the river mouth | Upukerora River |
| Maranuku | not known | kāinga at Port Molyneux (locality) |
| Maruia | renowned place for birding | Maruia River |
| Mata-au | kāinga mahinga kai and ara tawhito to Wānaka and Whakatipu Waimāori | Clutha River / Mata-Au |
| Matahi | girl’s name meaning black pine | Lake Ianthe / Matahi |
| Matakaea | site where the Araiteuru waka capsized | pā at Shag Point / Matakaea |
| Mātakitaki | to gaze or watch | Mātakitaki River |
| Mātakitaki | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna, kāuru (cabbage tree root) and aruhe (fernroot) | Matukituki River |
| Matamata | final resting place of the taniwha Matamata | Saddle Hill |
| Matangiawhea | a whistling sea breeze, important site successively occupied by several iwi | pā at original shoreline at Port Nelson |
| Matangitawau | mountain range north of Māwheranui | Twelve Apostles Range or Rapahoe Range |
| Matapara | a dialectical name for rock lobster | Matapara / Pickersgill Island |
| Matapihi | possibly from ‘Matapihi-o-te-Rangi’ (window to the sky) for the adjacent maunga | Matapihi Bay |
| Matariki | pā established by Ngāti Māmoe | pā north of Waiau Toa / Clarence River mouth |
| Matariki | small island fortification located just offshore | island off the coastline south of Pahia Hill |
| Matau | fish hook | Cape Farewell |
| Mātau | an island in Whakatipu Waimāori | Pig Island / Mātau |
| Mataūira | pā established by Kāti Māmoe at Rakituma | pā at Spit Islands, Rakituma / Preservation Inlet |
| Mataura | renowned for its abundance of kanakana (lamprey) | Mataura River |
| Mauīkatau | island broke away from the mainland by Tūterakiwhānoa with his foot when carving out Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Resolution Island |
| Mauka Atua | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Maungatua |
| Maukakūkuta | name for both the river and Two Thumb Range | Macaulay River |
| Maukakūkuta | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Two Thumb Range |
| Maukaropa | mountain range between Lake Potiritiri and Lake Hauroko | Princess Mountains |
| Maukatakahea | mountain of takahea (South Island takahē) | Mount Philipps |
| Maukatere | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering kāuru (cabbage tree root), tikumu (mountain daisy) and taramea (speargrass) | Mount Grey / Maukatere |
| Maukatere | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Shingle Peak |
| Maukurunui | landmark post, name also for Bakers Creek | Seventeen Mile Bluff |
| Maungakura | red mountain, protected by the taniwha Te Huarau | Maungakura / Red Hill |
| Maungatapu | having taken the waka Te Hoire as far upriver as he could, Matuahautere built an altar to claim the lands and ascended the maunga | Maungatapu |
| Māwhera | one of the main pā for Poutini Ngāi Tahu | pā at Grey River / Māwheranui |
| Māwheranui | abbreviated name referring to Tūterakiwhānoa creating the gorge | Grey River / Māwheranui |
| Meretoto | bloody club, Rangitāne tūpuna such as Te Rangihouhia and Kahura also interacted with Cook and his crew here | Meretoto / Ship Cove |
| Mikonui | historic kāinga of Ngāti Kurī rangatira Kaikōura Whakatau | kāinga at Mikonui Stream |
| Mikonui | refers to a man being killed | Mikonui River |
| Moanahuna | hidden lake | Lake Marchant |
| Moanauta | inland sea | Wet Jacket Arm |
| Moawhiti | a Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri tupuna wahine | bay (and lake) at northeast Greville Harbour / Wharariki |
| Moeraki | Kāi Tahu kāika home to several senior rakatira following the fall of Kaiapoi Pā | kāika on Moeraki Peninsula |
| Moerangi | lake renowned for tuna | Lake Moeraki |
| Moerepo | a tupuna name | pā at Moerepo Island |
| Mohua | for the once abundant endemic forest bird | Golden Bay / Mohua |
| Mōkihinui | named after a large mōkihi (raft) made from kahikatea used to cross the river | Mōkihinui River |
| Mokinui | tītī island west of Rakiura | Mokinui / Big Moggy Island |
| Motuara | island on the ‘path’ of waka | Motuara Island |
| Motuareronui | island shaped like a long tongue, alternatively ‘of the swift moving clouds’ | Motuareronui / Adele Island |
| Motuariki | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Motuariki Island |
| Motueka | together with Aorere and Tākaka a name transferred from islands in Hawaiki | Motueka River |
| Motunau | island of nau (Cook’s scurvy grass) | Motunau Island |
| Motupiko | isolated winding stream | Motupiko River |
| Motupiu | an island in Te Ara-a-Kiwa | Dog Island |
| Motupōhue | motu is a clump of trees or island, and pōhue is a native convolvulus | The Bluff / Motupōhue |
| Moturau | refers to numerous islands in the lake | Lake Manapouri |
| Moturoa | long island | Moturoa / Rabbit Island |
| Moutere | ‘an island’, originally referring to the coastal inlet | Moutere River |
| Muaupoko | peninsula created by Tūterakiwhānoa | Otago Peninsula |
| Murihiku | name widely used in Polynesia for the southernmost area of an island | Southland |
| Muriwai | mahinga kai for gathering tuna, īnaka (whitebait), kēkēwai (freshwater crayfish) and manu | Coopers Lagoon / Muriwai |
| Nokomai | part of ara tawhito from Murihiku to the interior of Te Waipounamu | Nokomai River |
| Noti Raureka | named after the Kāti Wairaki woman Raureka who discovered the icy pass | Browning Pass / Noti Raureka |
| Noti Taramakau | pass used to transport pounamu from Te Tai Poutini to Kaiapoi Pā, also known as Te Rakamaunikura | Harper Pass |
| Nukumania | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering weka, kiore, kākāpō and tutu | Black Range |
| Ngā Pākihi-a-Māniarauhea | plain of the shining tussock | Hanmer Plain |
| Ngā Whatukaiponu | to be ‘grasped’ (affected) by the eyes of Te Wheke-o-Muturangi, which Kupe cast into the sea here after killing the monstrous octopus. Certain tikanga and kawa were required to pass these tapu islands safely | The Brothers |
| Ngākawau | named after kawau (shags, cormorants) | Ngākawau River |
| Ōaro | name from the river mouth to the first junction | lower reaches of Oaro River |
| Ōhanui | a rocky point south of Rakituma | Windsor Point |
| Ōhau | lake dug by the Waitaha tipuna Rākaihautū | Lake Ōhau |
| Ōhekeia | named after the southern rangatira Hekeia | Longwood Range |
| Ōhekia | river that flows into Te Whaka-a-Te-Wera | Freshwater River |
| Ohikaroroa | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Mount Watkin / Hikaroroa |
| Ōhinatara | river south of the Hurunui | Blythe River |
| Ōhinemahuta | home of the tupuna Hinemahuta | Ōhinemahuta River |
| Ōhinetaketake | first pā of Poutini Ngāi Tahu | pā at junction of Ahaura River and Grey River / Māwheranui |
| Ōhinetamatea | woman’s name from alpine pass discovery | Ōhinetamatea River / Saltwater Creek |
| Ōhonu | important river for pounamu and gold | Greenstone River / Hokonui |
| Ōhonu | mountain range between Taramakau and Kōtukuwhakaoka | Hohonu Range |
| Ōkahu | old pā and fishing anchorage | Jackson Bay / Okahu |
| Ōkaihae | island near the mouth of the Kaikarae | Green Island |
| Ōkākā | one of three large waves that capsized the Takitimu waka at Te Waewae Bay | Hump Ridge |
| Ōkana | not known | Okana River |
| Ōkari | lagoon and kāika south of Tauranga Bay | Ōkari Lagoon |
| Ōkārito | Ngāti Wairangi pā and wānanga | pā at southern end of Ōkārito Lagoon |
| Ōkārito | tipuna name referring to shoots of the raupō | Ōkārito Lagoon |
| Ōkaruru | bay on eastern coastline of Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū | Goughs Bay |
| Ōkiwi | for a tupuna, Kiwi | kāinga at head of Ōkiwi Bay |
| Okopako | not known | plain between Rakaia River and Selwyn River / Waikirikiri |
| Ōkūkū | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering kāuru (cabbage tree root), aruhe (fernroot), tutu, tuna, kākā and weka | Ōkūkū River |
| Ōmakō | ara tawhito between Te Manahuna and Hāwea | Lindis Pass |
| Ōmakō | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna | Lindis River |
| Ōmanui | pass north of Te Ana-au | Omanui / McKinnon Pass |
| Ōmārama | kāinga mahinga kai and site of a major land protest. Also known as Te Ao Mārama | kāinga north of Omarama (locality) |
| Ōmāui | named after a well-known Māori explorer Māui | Ōmāui Island |
| Ōmāwhero | hill at eastern end of Te Waewae Bay | Pahia Hill |
| Ōmihi | prominent pā established by Kāti Māmoe | pā at Omihi Stream |
| Ōnauku | said to refer to the end of the sound | Ōnauku Bay |
| Ōnawe | Ngāi Tahu pā at the head of Akaroa | pā at Onawe (peninsula), Akaroa Harbour |
| Onetahua | pile of sand, sand bar | Farewell Spit |
| Onikiko | movement of the head of a weapon | Port Hardy |
| Ōnuku | Ngāi Tārewa kāinga in Akaroa | kāinga at The Kaik (locality) |
| Ōpakia | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna | Lake Middleton |
| Ōpāwaho | renowned kāinga mahinga kai for gathering fish, vegetation and waterfowl | Heathcote River |
| Ōpēhia | name for both the cape and Nicholson Harbour | South Cape / Whiore |
| Ōpihi | ara tawhito to Te Manahuna and a significant kāinga mahinga kai for Kāti Huirapa | Ōpihi River |
| Ōpōrea | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna, kōareare (edible plant stem of raupō) and waterfowl | Lake Pearson |
| Ōpōreaiti | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna, kōareare (edible plant stem of raupō) and waterfowl | Lake Grasmere |
| Ōpūaha | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and taramea (speargrass) | Opuha River |
| Ōpuku | cliffs at Green Beach | Ōpuku Cliff |
| Ōrae | for the tupuna Rae | Rai River |
| Ōrahoriu | platform across the bilge of a waka | Cape Stephens |
| Ōraka | Ngāi Tahu kāinga at Ōraka | kāinga at Colac Bay / Ōraka |
| Ōrari | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna | Orari River |
| Orariki | pā established by Ngāi Tahu rangatira Te Ruahikihiki by way of taunaha | pā at Taumutu (locality) |
| Ōrau | ara tawhito between Whakatipu Waimāori and Wānaka | Cardrona River |
| Ōrau | bay on south side of Muaupoko | Sandfly Bay |
| Ōraumoa | the tupuna Raumoa would come here especially for kaimoana | pā at Ōraumoa / Fighting Bay |
| Ōrautahi | sandy beach on northern coastline of Rakiura | Smoky Beach |
| Ōreti | ara tawhito and river that crosses the Southland plains to the coastline | Ōreti River |
| Orikākā | refers to snaring kākā | Orikaka or Mackley River |
| Ōroko | one of three large waves that capsized the Takitimu waka at Te Waewae Bay | Heale Ridge |
| Ōronoko | mountain range south of Hokakura | Oronoko Range |
| Ōrore | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and īnaka (whitebait) | Orore Point |
| Ōruawairua | not known | Blumine Island / Ōruawairua |
| Ōtaao | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and weka | Dobson River |
| Ōtaetae | place where waka were pulled up and carried over land | former bush clad area around Otaitai Bush (locality) |
| Ōtaia | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering aruhe (fernroot), kāuru (cabbage tree root) and tuna | Otaio River |
| Ōtākaro | renowned kāinga mahinga kai for gathering fish, vegetation and waterfowl | Avon River / Ōtakaro |
| Ōtākou | traditional name for the eastern channel of Otago Harbour | eastern (southern) channel of Otago Harbour |
| Ōtaku | a river on Rakiura | Murray River |
| Ōtamatakou | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering weka, tuna, and tutu | Otematata River |
| Ōtānenui | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering kāuru (cabbage tree root), aruhe (fernroot), kākāpō, weka and tuna | Wilkin River |
| Ōtāpara | named after the Waitaha tipuna Tāpara | Lake Gunn |
| Ōtara | point on the Murihiku coastline | Waipapa Point |
| Ōtārewa | name also for a large forest of which only Seaward Downs Scenic Reserve remains | Otepuni Creek |
| Otauira | water rushes, a Rangitāne pā | Otauira Pā, at head of Waikutakuta / Robin Hood Bay |
| Ōtautahi | named after Tautahi, son of Huikai | kāinga nohoanga and kāinga mahinga kai on Avon River / Ōtakaro |
| Ōtautau | refers to the place where a gift was given | Ōtautau Stream |
| Ōteake | named after a tree | Otiake River |
| Ōtehake | tributary of the Taramakau | Otehake River |
| Ōtepoti | site of a tauraka waka | tauraka waka and kāinga at Dunedin where Toitū (stream) met the original shoreline |
| Ōteraumaka | also the name for a large forest of which only Edendale Scenic Reserve remains | Oteramika Creek |
| Ōtewao | one of three large waves that capsized the Takitimu waka at Te Waewae Bay | Forest Hill |
| Ōtewhakāriki | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering kāuru (cabbage tree root), aruhe (fernroot), kākāpō, weka and tuna | Minaret Burn |
| Ōtira | ara tawhito between the Taramakau and the Waimakariri | Ōtira River |
| Ōtoatahi | major tributary of the Awarua | Landsborough River |
| Ōtuawhiti | not known | Boundary Creek |
| Ōtūmatua | part of ara tawhito from the Waiau to Te Ana-au | Whitestone River |
| Ōtūparāoa | mountain range in Murihiku | Umbrella Mountains |
| Ōtūroto | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering weka, aruhe (fernroot) and kāuru (cabbage tree root) | Lake Heron |
| Ōturu | named after a Waitaha tipuna | Diamond Lake |
| Ōtūwharekai | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and ducks | Maori Lakes |
| Ōue | not known | kāinga at New River Estuary |
| Oueto | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering kiore and koreke (the extinct New Zealand quail) | plain between Rakaia River and Wakanui Creek |
| Ōuruhia | named after Uruhia, a son of Tūrākautahi | kāinga at Ouruhia (locality) |
| Ōwi | not known | area around the Mataura River mouth |
| Ōwhio | named after whio (the native Blue duck) | area of Blue Spur (locality) |
| Pāhau | tributary of the Hurunui | Pahau River |
| Pāhautāne | ancient stone quarry for flints to work pounamu | area of Pahautane (locality) |
| Pākawau | early occupants were Ngāi Tara, Tūmatakōkiri and Ngāti Apa. In 1828 Ngāti Tama occupied for a time | pā at Pākawau Inlet |
| Panau | site of an old pā | Long Lookout Point |
| Papahaua | windy plateau | mountain range between Buller River and Mōkihinui River |
| Papaki | a mat | Hope River |
| Papapounamu | named after large slabs of pounamu in the bay | Poison Bay |
| Papatara | rocks on the coastline between Tahutahi and Ōkahu | Seal Rocks |
| Papatea | also known as Te Kauati-a-Tamatea which refers to Tamatea making fire on the island | Green Island |
| Parakārehu | a tipuna name | The Peninsula |
| Parakiore | named after the tipuna Parakiore | Cameron Mountains |
| Paramata | large moraine hill on beach south of Hokitika | Bold Head |
| Paratītahi | refers to ‘purpose in life’ as the children of ariki were cleansed here before being presented to the people | Paratītahi Tarns |
| Parikawakawa | cliff of kawakawa (pepper tree) | cliffs at Washdyke Stream north of Waiau Toa / Clarence River mouth |
| Paringa | site of Poutini Ngāi Tahu pā | Paringa River |
| Pariroa | long cliff | Gore Bay |
| Parororangi | stormy sky | Mount Stokes |
| Pātea | ancient name from Rai’atea in Eastern Polynesia | Doubtful Sound / Patea |
| Pātearoa | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering weka and tikumu (mountain daisy) | Rock And Pillar Range |
| Pātere | point on the western coastline of Rakiura | South Red Head Point |
| Pātītī | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Pātītī Point |
| Pāuareka | sweet tasting pāua | Abbey Rocks |
| Pawakataka | not known | 634m hill at head of Redan Stream known as Slopedown Hill |
| Peketā | pā established by Ngāti Māmoe | pā overlooking Kahutara River mouth |
| Pikikirunga | recalls the story of a taniwha Ngārarahuarau. When trapped and set on fire he exploded and his scales embedded in the hills | Pikikirunga / Canaan Downs |
| Pikinoa | mountain range between Upokororo and Te Ana-au | Earl Mountains |
| Pikirakatahi | maunga in Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana | Mount Earnslaw / Pikirakatahi |
| Pikomamaku | tītī island east of Rakiura | North Island and Womens Island collectively |
| Pīnohia | to use tongs for handling hot stones. Site of Hīkapu, a battle where Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Rārua and Te Āti Awa assaulted Ngāti Kuia | pā at Paradise Bay |
| Piopiotahi | the last great fiord created by Tūterakiwhānoa | Milford Sound / Piopiotahi |
| Pireka | refers to the fragrant smell made when roasting the root of pipi (type of fern) | Peraki Bay |
| Piripāua | named for the vast numbers of pāua covering the flat rocks | Spy Glass Point / Piripāua |
| Piripiri-o-Huataki | a plant of the ancestor Huataki | Piripiri |
| Piri-tūtae-putaputa | named after a battle between Ngāi Tūhaitara and Ngāti Kurī | Conway River |
| Poatiri | the highest point of Kaimata | Mount Charles / Poatiri |
| Pōhatu | bay on eastern coastline of Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū | Pōhatu / Flea Bay |
| Pōhaturoa | ara tawhito from Māwheranui to the inland of Te Waipounamu | Upper Grey River |
| Pokohiwitahi | captain of the Araiteuru waka. Also known as Pākihiwitahi | Horse Range |
| Porangirangi | Poutini Ngāi Tahu pā at Maitahi | pā at Bruce Bay |
| Potikōhua | campsite and caves on journey between Māwhera and Kawatiri | Fox River |
| Potiritiri | lake at the southern end of Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Lake Poteriteri |
| Pouerua-hāpua | refers to the lagoon | Saltwater Lagoon |
| Pouerua-tāhuna | refers to the riverbed | Poerua River |
| Poukirikiri | on the pathway for the spirits of Ngāti Apa dead returning to Hawaiki | Poukirikiri / Travers Saddle |
| Poumāhaka | may refer to ‘pou driven into the riverbanks to snare ducks’ | Pomahaka River |
| Pounawea | river that flows into Kuramea | Catlins River |
| Pourangahau | the standing place of the ‘post of research’ | Pourangahau / Mount Robert |
| Poutama | named after a Ngāi Tahu tipuna | Poutama Island |
| Puahiri | river that flows into the top of Whakatipu Waimāori | Rees River |
| Puāri | kāinga nohoanga and kāinga mahinga kai for gathering foods from Ōtākaro and surrounding wetlands | kāinga nohoanga on Avon River / Ōtakaro, vicinity of Victoria Square |
| Puāri | Ngāti Huikai pā and kāinga at Koukourarata | pā at Puari (locality) |
| Puhikererū | evocative of cloud formations over the maunga like the feathers of a kererū, also the name of a tupuna | Mount Furneaux |
| Puhipuhi | tributary of the Hāpuku | Puhi Puhi River |
| Puhipuhi-takiwai | maunga at Piopiotahi | Mount Pembroke |
| Puhiwaero | cape on southern coastline of Rakiura | South West Cape / Puhiwaero |
| Pukahereka | the swinging anchorage for waka | Coal Island |
| Pūkaki | lake dug by the Waitaha tipuna Rākaihautū | Lake Pukaki |
| Pukekoikoi | sharpened hill, also refers to a type of spear considered best for training purposes | Pukekoikoi Hill |
| Pukekura | named after red rocks located nearby | Dean Hill |
| Pukekura | historic pā on Taiaroa Head | pā on Taiaroa Head |
| Pukenui | big hill | Anchor Island |
| Pukeone | sand was carried up to the summit so signal fires could be lit | Pukeone / Mount Campbell |
| Pukepōuri | gloomy hill | Calm Peak |
| Pukeraki | refers to the hill | Mount Dick |
| Pukeuri | sacred place where certain rituals were carried out when travelling from one realm to another | small hill at Pukeuri (locality) |
| Pukeweka | common place name on Rakiura | Port Adventure |
| Punatahu | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and weka | kāinga mahinga kai at Lake Pukaki |
| Punatarakao | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and īnaka (whitebait) | Buchanans Creek |
| Pūponga | two Tūmatakōkiri pā, one fortified, the other for everyday living | pā in vicinity of Pūponga (locality) |
| Pūrākaunui | lagoon and kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna, kōareare (edible plant stem of raupō) and kōrari | former lagoon at mouth of Hinds River |
| Pūrākaunui | bodies piled up like a pile of sticks | Pūrākaunui Bay |
| Puramāhoi | Ngāi Tara, Ngāti Apa pā | pā at Puramāhoi (locality) |
| Pureora | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Pareora River |
| Pūtātara | pā on northern coastline of Rakiura | Putatara Point |
| Putauhinu | tītī island southwest of Rakiura | Putauhina Island |
| Pūteawhatiia | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Big Hill Range |
| Rakahuri | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering īnaka (whitebait), tuna and shellfish | Ashley River / Rakahuri |
| Rakai | landmark maunga behind Mahitahi | Mount Hooker |
| Rakaia | name from the coastline to the first junction | Rakaia River |
| Rakaia-wai-kī | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering weka, kākāpō, aruhe (fernroot), and kāuru (cabbage tree root) | upper reach of Rakaia River to confluence with Mathias River |
| Rakaia-wai-pākihi | ara tawhito that connects Mathias Pass with the Rakaia | Mathias River |
| Rākauroa | abundant forest or the specific species of tree | Rākauroa / Torrent Bay |
| Rākautara | kāinga and stream on the Kaikōura coast | kāinga at Rakautara (locality) |
| Rakawahakura | peninsula at south of Pukeweka | Rakawahakura |
| Rakeāhua | a hill on Rakiura | Mount Rakeahua |
| Rakiroa | atua who along with his brothers form the highest peaks of Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana | Mount Dampier |
| Rakituma | southernmost fiord at Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Rakituma / Preservation Inlet |
| Rakiura | often interpreted as ‘the glowing skies’, alternative names Te Puka-a-Māui and Te Puka-a-Aoraki describe the island as an anchor | Stewart Island / Rakiura |
| Rangitahi | lake at headwaters of the Waiautoa | Lake Tennyson |
| Rangitata | ara tawhito and kāinga mahinga kai for gathering fish and vegetation | Rangitata River |
| Rangitoto-ki-te-Tonga | blood red sky, a Hawaiki name with ‘of the south’ added later | Rangitoto ki te Tonga / D’Urville Island |
| Rarotoka | significant island used as an occupation site, resting place and navigational marker | Rarotoka Island |
| Rīpapa | pā of Taununu that became embroiled in the Kai Huānga Feud | pā on Ripapa Island |
| Riuwaka | named by Huiterangiora for the basin where the river emerges from underground like water collecting in the bilge of a waka | Riuwaka River |
| Rotoiti | small lake | Lake Rotoiti |
| Rotokura | referred to a small red lake at the head of the bay | Rotokura / Cable Bay |
| Rotomaninitua | refers to the spirits of Ngāti Apa dead bathing and swimming in the snow, or in summertime, inside the maunga Maniniaro | Rotomaninitua / Lake Angelus |
| Roto-nui-a-Whatu | lake dug by the Waitaha tipuna Rākaihautū | Lake Tuakitoto |
| Rotopōhueroa | shaped like a long calabash | Rotopōhueroa / Lake Constance |
| Rotoroa | long lake | Lake Rotoroa |
| Ruakanakana | weirs were dug to trap lampreys on their annual migration | kāinga at Gibsons Creek, left bank Wairau River |
| Ruakanakana | associated with the settlement of the same name | Ruakanakana Creek |
| Ruapuke | one of three locations where Ngāi Tahu signed Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Ruapuke Island |
| Tahakopa | river on the Murihiku coastline | Tahakopa River |
| Tāhuna | a sandbank | place at Glenorchy (locality) |
| Tāhuna | a sandbank | kāika at Queenstown waterfront |
| Tahutahi | named after the tipuna Tahutahi and source of pounamu | Cascade River |
| Taiari | fiord at Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Taiari / Chalky Inlet |
| Taiari | important source of mahika kai for local Kāi Tahu | Taieri River |
| Taipaririki | named after Taipaririki who carved out the sound | Deep Cove |
| Taiporoporo | named after Taiporoporo who escaped from a battle at Te Hokiauau | Taiporoporo / Charles Sound |
| Taitetimu | named after Taitetimu who escaped from a battle at Te Hokiauau | Taitetimu / Caswell Sound |
| Takahanga | where the Ngāti Kurī rangatira Marukaitātea ate foods from the sacred pōhā Tohuraumati to gain manawhenua over Kaikōura | pā on bluff overlooking Kaikōura |
| Tākaka | a name brought from Hawaiki, also refers to the common bracken fern | Tākaka River |
| Takamana | small lake west of Takapō | Lake Alexandrina |
| Takapō | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and weka | kāinga mahinga kai at southern end of Lake Tekapo |
| Takapō | lake dug by the Waitaha tipuna Rākaihautū | Lake Tekapo |
| Takapōtaka | not known | Takapōtaka / Attempt Hill |
| Takapourewa | refers to a pourewarewa (fighting platform) | Stephens Island / Takapourewa |
| Takataka | name for both the pā and island | pā on Refuge Island / Takataka |
| Take Kārara | pā and kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and weka | pā at southern end of Lake Wānaka |
| Takerehaka | not known | kāinga at Kingston (locality) |
| Taki-a-Maru | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Taki-a-Maru / Fish Reef |
| Takitimu | named after the Takitimu waka that capsized at Te Waewae Bay | Takitimu Mountains |
| Tamatea | fiord at Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Tamatea / Dusky Sound |
| Tapuaenuku | mountain range in West Otago | Blue Mountains |
| Tapuae-o-Uenuku | highest peak in the Inland Kaikōura Range | Tapuae-o-Uenuku |
| Tapuae-o-Uenuku | mountain range where tikumu (mountain daisy) was gathered | Tapuae-o-Uenuku / Hector Mountains |
| Tarahaka Whakatipu | Whakatipu saddle | Harris Saddle / Tarahaka Whakatipu |
| Tarahaoa | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka and husband of Huatekerekere | Mount Peel |
| Tarahau-kapiti | refers to a high peak standing into the wind | West Dome |
| Tarakaipā | name of an early tupuna who arrived on the sacred waka Te Awatea | Tarakaipā Island |
| Tara-māhitihiti | a hill in Murihiku | Mid Dome |
| Taramakau | Poutini Ngāi Tahu pā for working pounamu | pā at left bank, Taramakau River mouth |
| Taramakau | ara tawhito from Te Tai Poutini to Kaiapoi and source of pounamu | Taramakau River |
| Taramata | ancient Rapuwai and Kāti Māmoe pā | pā at Rakaia River mouth |
| Taramea | ancient name meaning special or treasured | Howells Point / Taramea |
| Tara-o-Tama | the point of the tekateka (dart) used by Tama Ahua | Tara Tama |
| Tauhinu | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna, aruhe (fernroot), kiore and pākura (swamphen) | kāinga mahinga kai north of Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora |
| Taumakī | island south of the mouth of the Awarua | Taumaka Island |
| Taumoana | peninsula near Tamatea | Five Fingers Peninsula |
| Taumutu | ‘end of a ridge’ or a ‘high ridge of land’ | kāinga and pā at southwest shore of Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora |
| Taupō | ancient Te Waipounamu settlement site and pā with many successive occupants, sacked by Ngāti Toa c.1825 | pā at isthmus of Taupō Point |
| Tauranga | landing place for waka and site of a kāinga | Tauranga Bay |
| Tautuku | peninsula between Makatī and Tahakopa | Tautuku Peninsula |
| Tawera | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering kāuru (cabbage tree root), kiore, aruhe (fernroot) and papaī (speargrass) | Mount Thomas |
| Tāwhiriraupō | mat used for making fire | Lake Paringa |
| Tāwhirirauti | a hill in Murihiku | Centre Hill |
| Tawhitiwhiti-roro | southern head of Rakituma | Puysegur Point |
| Te Ahi Weka | the cooking of weka | Prices Harbour |
| Te Ahi-a-Mahuika | the fire of Mahuika | Franklin Mountains |
| Te Ahi-Kai-Kōura-a-Tama-ki-Te-Raki | the fires where Tama-ki-Te-Raki ate crayfish | the wider area around Kaikōura |
| Te Ahu Pātiki | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Patiki |
| Te Aka Tārewa | name for both the mountain range and stream | mountain range between Lake Benmore and Hakataramea River valley |
| Te Akaaka | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and kanakana (lamprey) | Saltwater Creek |
| Te Akeroa | not known | Wangaloa Creek |
| Te Ana-au | lake dug by the Waitaha tipuna Rākaihautū | Lake Te Anau |
| Te Ana-a-Wai | water flowing through caves | Tengawai River |
| Te Anamāhanga | twin bays, landing site of Te Huataki who led Rangitāne to the area | Te Anamāhanga / Port Gore |
| Te Ara-a-Kiwa | the path of Kiwa, also known as Te Ara-a-Kewa | Foveaux Strait |
| Te Ara-ruahine-wai | means ‘lead us from the hinterland to Te Tai-o-Aorere’ and refers to the consecration of inter-hapū marriages to enable safe travel | area around confluence of Motueka River Right Branch and Maitland Creek |
| Te Aumiti - Te Aumiro-o-te-Kawau-a-Toru | the current that swallowed up Te Kawau-o-Toru, named by Kupe when his daughter’s kaitiaki, a shag, drowned here | Te Aumiti / French Pass |
| Te Au-nui-pihapiha-kanakana | renowned for its abundance of kanakana (lamprey) | Mataura Falls |
| Te Awa Aruhe | refers to aruhe (fernroot) | Hopkins River |
| Te Awa Kōkōmuka | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and pātiki (flounders) | kāinga mahinga kai north of Waitaki River mouth |
| Te Awa Whakamau | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering aruhe (fernroot) and manu (birds) | Tasman River |
| Te Awa Whakatipu | Whakatipu river | Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu |
| Te Awa-a-Takatamira | tributary of Takapō | Cass River |
| Te Awamāeroero | refers to māeroro (supernatural beings) | Lochy River |
| Te Awamakarara | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering weka, kākāpō, kāuru (cabbage tree root), aruhe (fernroot) and tuna | Young River |
| Te Awamako | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering aruhe (fernroot) and tuna | Awamoko Stream |
| Te Awa-o-Tū | the bay created by Tūterakiwhānoa | Te Awa-o-Tū / Thompson Sound |
| Te Awaure | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and weka | Jollie River |
| Te Hakapupu | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna, pātiki (flounders) and īnaka (whitebait) | Pleasant River |
| Te Hakapūreirei | point west of Te Waewae Bay | Sand Hill Point |
| Te Hāpua | refers to the fiord resembling a large lagoon | Te Hāpua / Sutherland Sound |
| Te Hāpua Waikawa | bitter water | Lake Lyndon |
| Te Hoiere | the lace bark tree, name of the waka captained by Matuahautere which brought Ngāti Kuia to the region | Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere |
| Te Hoiere | the lace bark tree, name of the waka captained by Matuahautere which brought Ngāti Kuia to the region | Te Hoiere / Pelorus River |
| Te Hōkai | point at northern end of Te Hokiauau | Awarua Point |
| Te Hokiauau | named after a Waitaha and Kāti Hāwea tipuna | Big Bay |
| Te Hora | the spreading out, a Ngāti Kuia pā | pā at foot of Tūtūmāpou Hill, opposite Canvastown |
| Te Horo | maunga at Rakituma | Treble Mountain |
| Te Horokōau | second highest maunga in Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu | Mount Tasman |
| Te Hororātā | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering kāuru (cabbage tree root), aruhe (fernroot) and tuna | Hororata River |
| Te Houhou | a fiord between Hāwea and Taitetimu | Te Houhou / George Sound |
| Te Ihutai | significant kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna, waterfowl and shellfish | Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai |
| Te Iwi-o-Pātea | the iwi of Pātea | Command Peak |
| Te Kai-a-te-atua | Kāti Hāteatea kāinga at the Waihao | kāinga at Waihao River mouth |
| Te Kaihīnaki | the gourds and calabashes from the Araiteuru waka | Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki |
| Te Kāika-o-Niho | the kāika of Niho | Looking Glass Bay |
| Te Kākahu-o-Tamatea | the cloak of Tamatea | Chalky Island |
| Te Karoro | named after karoro (seagulls) | Willsher Bay |
| Te Kauparenui | the great division, refers to seismic events that created Rotoiti and later carved out the river | Te Kauparenui / Gowan River |
| Te Kiekie | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Mount Somers |
| Te Kirikiri | refers to gravel (kirikiri) | kāinga at Frankton (locality) |
| Te Kōhai | named after the kōwhai tree | Mary Burn |
| Te Kohurau | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Kurow Hill / Te Kohurau |
| Te Koko-a-Kupe | the cove scooped out by Kupe | Te Koko-o-Kupe / Cloudy Bay |
| Te Kopi-o-Ōpihi | ara tawhito from Arowhenua to Te Manahuna | Burkes Pass |
| Te Kōwhai | old kāinga at Te Ana-au | kāinga north of Te Anau |
| Te Kurī-a-Kōpūwai | the dog of Kōpūwai | Stuart Mountains |
| Te Makatipua | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering weka, tuna and tutu | Otamatapaio River |
| Te Mamaku | for the species of fern, a shared Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō and Tūmatakōkiri pā | pā at base of Kina Peninsula northeast of Tasman (locality) |
| Te Manahuna | tribally renowned kāinga mahinga kai for gathering weka and tuna | Mackenzie Basin |
| Te Manahuna | ara tawhito from Arowhenua to Te Manahuna | Mackenzie Pass / Manahuna |
| Te Mārua | the hollow, main Ngāti Kōata pā until c.1848 | pā at Kidnap Point |
| Te Matau | the fish hook of Māui, descriptive of the whole bay with Matau as the hooked piece | Separation Point / Te Matau |
| Te Māwherataka-o-kā-kuwhā-o-Tūterakiwhānoa | extension made by the thighs of Tūterakiwhānoa | gap between the ranges on either side of Grey River / Māwheranui |
| Te Miko | shoot of the nīkau palm | Perpendicular Point |
| Te Mimi-o-Moki-parawaka | name associated with Moki, son of Tūāhuriri | Omihi Stream |
| Te Mimi-o-Tūterakiwhānoa | refers to Tūterakiwhānoa who carved out the fiords of Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | the Fiordland coast, inclusive of the fiords |
| Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa | the great sea of Kiwa | South Pacific Ocean |
| Te Moana-o-Nohorua | lake of Nohorua | Lake Ada |
| Te Moana-o-Raukawa | those crossing the strait used raukawa or kawakawa leaves to avoid seeing the tapu islands Ngā Whatukaiponu lest they reawaken Te Wheke | Cook Strait |
| Te Moana-tāpokopoko-a-Tāwhaki | the seas to the south | Southern Ocean |
| Te Moeka-o-Tuawe | the bed of Tuawe | Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe |
| Te Motuweka | isolated place of the weka | pā at Havelock |
| Te Ōmama | named after the tipuna Te Ōmama | Mount Solitary |
| Te Oneroa | long beach | Mason Bay |
| Te Paekāi | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering weka, kākāpō, kea, aruhe (fernroot) and kāuru (cabbage tree root) | kāinga mahinga kai by Makarora River at Makarora (locality) |
| Te Pākeka | land that has been exhausted by cultivation | Maud Island or Te Hoiere |
| Te Papa | descriptive, also the site of two ancient pā | bluffs on the coast at Tasman (locality) to Moutere Bluff |
| Te Papanui | mountain range in Central Otago | Lammermoor Range |
| Te Papanui-o-Tū | the broad flat place of Tūterakiwhānoa | Mount Clerke |
| Te Papapuni | part of an ara tawhito between Murihiku and Kawarau | Nevis River |
| Te Paparoa | site of final battle between Ngāti Wairangi and Ngāi Tahu was nearby | Paparoa Range |
| Te Parinui-o-Whiti | northern boundary of the Ngāi Tahu takiwā on the east coast | White Bluffs / Te Parinui o Whiti |
| Te Paruparu | discoloured waters | Forsyth Island / Te Paruparu |
| Te Paruparu | outlet of Kaparatehau | Te Paruparu |
| Te Paruparu-a-Te-Kaunia | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering waterfowl | Great Moss Swamp |
| Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū | the food storehouse of Rākaihautū | Banks Peninsula |
| Te Poho-o-Kuia | not known | Cullen Point |
| Te Poho-o-Rakitāmau | maunga near Ōmārama | Mount Saint Cuthbert |
| Te Poho-o-Tairea | tītī island on the southwest coast of Rakiura | Big Island |
| Te Pohotārewa | southernmost fiord of Te Ana-au | South Fiord |
| Te Pou-a-Taikino | the post or mark of Taikino | Alligator Head |
| Te Puaitaha | a small sound north of Tamatea | Te Puaitaha / Breaksea Sound |
| Te Puhi-a-noa | mountain range at Te Ana-au | Murchison Mountains |
| Te Puhituia | named after the Ngāi Tahu female tipuna Te Puhituia | one of Llawrenny Peaks |
| Te Puna-a-Maru | tauraka waka and home to the Ngāi Tahu rangatira Te Huruhuru | kāinga on right bank of Waitaki River |
| Te Punawai Pā | old Ngāti Kōata pā named for its water source | pā opposite Haulashore Island |
| Te Rā | fiord at Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Te Rā / Dagg Sound |
| Te Rae-o-Te-Kōhaka | Hinerongo of Ngāti Māmoe cried out for the headland when travelling pass here after being captured by Ngāti Kurī | Cape Campbell |
| Te Raka-a-Hineatea | site of several skirmishes the last being between Taoka and Te Wera | pā at Kātiki Point |
| Te Rakihuitahi | a tipuna name | Mount Longsight |
| Te Rangiwhaitiri | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and īnaka (whitebait) | kāinga mahinga kai north of Waitaki River mouth |
| Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa | the waist mat of Te Rakiwhakaputa | Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa (locality) |
| Te Rau | hill at northern end of Te Ana-au | Foliage Hill |
| Te Rau | mountain range in Murihiku | Garvie Mountains |
| Te Rereka-o-Māui | the leap of Māui | Te Rereka-o-Māui |
| Te Riu-o-Te-Aika-Kawa | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering pātiki (flounders) and shellfish | Brooklands Lagoon |
| Te Ruahikihiki | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna | Lake Selfe |
| Te Ruahine | eastern headland of Akaroa | Te Ruahine Point |
| Te Ruakanakana | home to the Ngāti Kurī rangatira Te Rākaitauheke | Lake Elterwater |
| Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | two interpretations, one refers to the creation of Fiordland, the other Tamatea digging pits to obtain pigment for tattooing | Fiordland |
| Te Ruataniwha | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Ben Ohau |
| Te Ruatūpāpaku | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Mount Royal |
| Te Tai Poutini | the coast of Poutini | the coasts of Westland |
| Te Tai-o-Aorere | rushing tide | Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere |
| Te Tai-o-Araiteuru | the coast of the Araiteuru waka | the Otago coast |
| Te Tai-o-Mahaanui | the coast of Mahaanui (the waka of Māui) | the Canterbury cosast |
| Te Tai-o-Marokura | the coast of Marokura | the Kaikōura coast |
| Te Tai-o-Rehua | the ocean belonging to Rehua (a star also known as Antares) | Tasman Sea |
| Te Taitapu | sacred seas or tide | coast from Kahurangi Point to Farewell Spit |
| Te Taonui-a-Kupe | the great-spear of Kupe | Cape Jackson |
| Te Tara-o-Te-Marama | at certain times of year the moon rises following the slope of the maunga | Te Tara-o-Te-Marama / Mount Freeth |
| Te Tari-a-Te-Kaumira | the mountain range of Te Kaumira | The Hunters Hills |
| Te Tari-o-Mauka-Atua | the mountain range of Mauka Atua | Ben Ohau Range |
| Te Taumanu-o-Te-Waka-a-Māui | the place where Māui pulled up Te Ika-a-Māui | Kaikōura Peninsula |
| Te Timu-o-te-ure-o-Te-Kaha | point on the northern coastline of Rakiura | Saddle Point |
| Te Umu Kaha | two common interpretations are ‘swirling whirlpools in the river’ and ‘large umu to cook kāuru (cabbage tree root)’ | Temuka River |
| Te Upoko-o-Rākaitauheke | Ngāi Tahu kāinga located by the former Waimātaitai Lagoon | kāinga at Māori Park in Timaru |
| Te Upoko-o-Taepu | northern point of Te Oneroa | Mason Head |
| Te Upoko-o-Tahumatā | named after the Ngāi Tahu tipuna Tahumatā who lived and fought in Hawkes Bay | 525m maunga at northwest of Little River (locality) |
| Te Waewae | named after the southern rangatira who lived in the bay | Te Waewae Bay |
| Te Wāhitauā | named after a tauā (war party) that was forced to land on the island | Bench Island |
| Te Wai-a-Kohe | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering weka | Irishman Creek |
| Te Waihora | water spread out, also known as Te Kete-Ika-a-Rākaihautū | Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora |
| Te Waikākahi | named after kākahi (New Zealand freshwater mussel) | Waikakahi Stream |
| Te Waikoropupū | bubbling waters, home of the kaitiaki Huriawa who keeps the waterways pristine | Te Waikoropupū River |
| Te Wai-o-Hinetū | the water of Hinetū | Lake Wilmot |
| Te Waipounamu | the waters of pounamu (greenstone) | Te Waipounamu or South Island |
| Te Waituna | named after tuna (eels) | West Cape |
| Te Wehenga | the parting of two rivers | Fox River and Cook River / Weheka below their confluence |
| Te Wehi-a-Te-Wera | the fright of Te Wera | pā at The Neck (isthmus) |
| Te Whakaaro-o-Ruru | named after Te Kōhaka-o-Ruru who assisted Tūterakiwhānoa carve the fiords of Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Mount Talbot |
| Te Whaka-a-Te-Wera | the harbour of Te Wera | Paterson Inlet / Whaka a Te Wera |
| Te Whaka-a-timuraki | the harbour of Timuraki | Gates Harbour |
| Te Whanganui | the wide expanse (of water) | Big Lagoon |
| Te Whanganui | the wide expanse (of water) | Te Whanganui / Port Underwood |
| Tekimoka | maunga at Kōtukuwhakaoka | Mount Te Kinga |
| Terewhata | tributary of the Arawhata | Jackson River |
| Tiā | tītī island off the east coast of Rakiura | Tia Island / Entrance |
| Tihaka | a form of kete or mat | Pig Island |
| Tīmaru | tauraka waka for mōkihi and kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and weka | Tīmaru River |
| Timutimu | western headland of Akaroa | Timutimu Head |
| Tioripātea | ara tawhito from Te Tai Poutini to Wānaka | Haast Pass / Tioripatea |
| Titiroa | refers to the long white face of the maunga resembling a stone wedge used when cutting trees | Mount Titiroa |
| Tititara | refers to tītī (muttonbirds) | Tititira Head |
| Tititea | named after a Waitaha tipuna | Mount Aspiring / Tititea |
| Tokangawhā | split rock, a boundary marker for Ngāti Tama and Te Atiawa | Tokangawhā / Split Apple Rock |
| Tokatā | point at northern end of The Catlins | Nugget Point |
| Tokomairaro | a river on Te Tai-o-Araiteuru | Tokomairaro River |
| Tokomaru | named after a similar peak in Hawaiki and refers to the pole of a shelter protecting the Wairau | Tokomaru / Mount Robertson |
| Tonga | Tonga (south) is probably only part of a longer original name | Tonga Island |
| Tōtara | river between Hokitika and Mikonui | Tōtara River |
| Tōtara | stream south of Ōkari | Tōtara River |
| Tōtara Kaimaka | tipuna on the Araiteuru waka | Benmore Range |
| Tōtaranui | large or abundant tōtara | Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui |
| Tuahiwi | means the back ridge, and takes its name from the ridge between Kaiapoi and Rangiora | Tuahiwi (locality) |
| Tuapeka | tributary of the Mata-au | Tuapeka River |
| Tuhiraki | kō (digging stick) used by Rākaihautū to dig the lakes of Te Waipounamu | Bossu |
| Tūhua | named for the northern Tūhua at Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi | Tūhua |
| Tunaheketaka | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna | former lake and wetlands on Taieri River east of Waipiata (locality) |
| Tuparu-tūtae | bay on the western coastline of Rakiura | Easy Harbour |
| Turihuka | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna, raupō and weka | kāinga mahinga kai at Dingle Lake, Lake Hāwea |
| Turimokomoko | point south of Makatī | The Brothers Point |
| Tūtaekawetoweto | a river on Rakiura | Lords River / Tūtaekawetoweto |
| Tūtaekurī | tributary of the Ahaura | Tūtaekurī River |
| Tūtoko | named after the Ngāi Tahu rangatira Tūtoko | Mount Tūtoko |
| Tūtūmāpou | a bird snare in the māpou tree, refers to catching the plentiful kererū feeding at the maunga | Tūtūmāpou Hill |
| Tuturau | mountain range between Moturau and Manokīwai | Hunter Mountains |
| Tuturau | Ngāi Tahu kāinga on the Mataura | Tuturau (locality) |
| Tūwairua | named after a Waitaha tipuna | Hyperia |
| Tūwata | point on the coastline north of Mata-au | Coal Point |
| Tūwharewhare | house on high banks | Mahināpua Creek / Tūwharewhare |
| Upokororo | named after the extinct New Zealand grayling, a small slender fish | Eglinton River |
| Upokotauia | also known as Hāwea | Hunter River |
| Wahapako | daughter of Kārito and sister of Māpouriki | Lake Wahapo |
| Waianakarua | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna, kanakana (lamprey), īnaka (whitebait) and aruhe (fernroot) | Waianakarua River |
| Waiāniwaniwa | where the Tairea waka was moored | Ten Mile Creek / Waianiwaniwa |
| Waiāniwaniwa | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna, pipiki (type of fish), weka and koreke (the extinct New Zealand quail) | Waianiwaniwa River |
| Waiareka | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna, īnaka (whitebait) and māunu (Grey duck) | Waiareka Creek |
| Waiariari | named for the crystal-clear nature of the water | Hook River |
| Waiau | strong current | Waiau River |
| Waiau | strong current | Waiho River |
| Waiau Uwha | river with a strong current (female) | Waiau Uwha River |
| Waiautoa | river with a strong current (male) | Waiau Toa / Clarence River |
| Waihao | named after the hao eel | Waihao River |
| Waiharakeke | stream of harakeke (New Zealand flax) | Flaxbourne River |
| Waiharakeke | stream of harakeke (New Zealand flax) | Lill Burn |
| Waihemo | historic kāinga at Waihemo River mouth | kāinga at right bank, Waihemo / Shag River mouth |
| Waihemo | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna, īnaka (whitebait), pātiki (flounders), raupō and aruhe (fernroot) | Waihemo / Shag River |
| Waihī | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna | Waihī River |
| Waihopai | river that flows across the Southland Plains | Waihopai River |
| Waihōpai | pleasant sound of a waterfall or pebbly stream | Waihōpai River |
| Waihora | water spread out | Lake Waihola |
| Waiiti | small stream | Wai-iti River |
| Waikākahi | pā established by Tūtekawa | pā on eastern edge of Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora |
| Waikākahi | named after the New Zealand freshwater mussel | Waikaka Stream |
| Waikārapi | for a series of channels and weirs used to trap fish and birds | Waikārapi Lagoon |
| Waikawa | bitter waters, a Te Ātiawa pā | pā at Waikawa (locality) |
| Waikēkēwai | named for kēkēwai (freshwater crayfish) | Waikekewai Creek |
| Waikirikiri | refers to gravel (kirikiri) | Selwyn River / Waikirikiri |
| Waikirikiri | refers to gravel (kirikiri) | Waikerikeri Creek |
| Waikōau | named after the kōau (shag) | Waikōau River |
| Waikoikoi | tributary of the Poumāhaka | Waikoikoi Creek |
| Waikōtuku | named after the kōtuku (White heron) | Seaforth River |
| Waikōuaiti | kāinga mahinga kai gathering for tuna, īnaka (whitebait), pātiki (flounders) and shellfish | Waikouaiti River |
| Waikūkūpa | named after kūkūpa (pigeons, kererū) | Waikūkūpa River |
| Waikutakuta | place of the water rushes, an extensive settlement and cultivation site. May originally relate to a geographic feature in the bay | kāinga overlooking Waikutakuta / Robin Hood Bay |
| Waimā | named after white limestones in the riverbed | Waima River |
| Waimakariri | cold water | Waimakariri River |
| Waimangaroa | river north of Kawatiri | Waimangaroa River |
| Waimatemate | refers to the irregular flow of the river | Waimate Creek |
| Waimatuku | river that flows across the Southland Plains | Waimatuku Stream |
| Waimaunu | channel of moulting birds | Broughton Arm |
| Waimeha | Tūmatakōkiri pā with extensive cultivations, attacked by Ngāti Toa in 1820s | pā and kāinga spread over several sites along lower reach of Waimea River, main site at Appleby School |
| Waimeha | insipid water | Waimea River |
| Waimeha | named after Waimeha at Te Waewae Bay where the Takitimu waka capsized | Waimea Stream |
| Waimumu | tributary of the Mataura | Waimumu Stream |
| Wainaua | bay on the west coast of Rakiura | Doughboy Bay |
| Wainono | means oozing water and refers to numerous springs at the lagoon | Wainono Lagoon |
| Waione | creek on sandy beach | Awarua River |
| Waipapa | Ngāti Māmoe pā captured by Ngāti Kurī | pā south of Waiau Toa / Clarence River mouth |
| Waipapa | flat water | Slope Point |
| Waipara | river north of Kōwai | Waipara River |
| Waipārera | lagoon of pārera (Grey duck) | Waituna Lagoon |
| Waipōuri | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and waterfowl | Lake Waipori |
| Wairau | many streams | Wairau River |
| Wairaurahiri | flows from Hauroko into the ocean | Wairaurāhiri River |
| Wairewa | lake renowned for tuna claimed by the Kāti Kurī rangatira Makō | Lake Forsyth / Wairewa |
| Wairoa | long stretch of water | stretch of Waiau River between Lake Te Anau and Lake Manapouri |
| Wairoa | long stream | Wairoa River |
| Wairua-ā-pō | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering weka | Rough Ridge |
| Waitaha | river near Awarua | Waita River |
| Waitaha | named after a man who arrived here | Waitaha River |
| Waitāhuna | tributary of the Mata-au | Waitāhuna River |
| Waitakere | river with a deep riverbed | Waitakere or Nile River |
| Waitaki | principal river of Kāi Tahu whānui, often described as Kā Roimata-o-Aoraki (the tears of Aoraki) | Waitaki River |
| Waitangi | home to the Ngāi Tahu rangatira Taetae | pā at Waitangitāhuna River mouth |
| Waitangitāhuna | crying for water | Waitangitāhuna River |
| Waitarakao | whānau from Arowhenua annually camped here to harvest tuna | Washdyke Lagoon |
| Waitāwhiri | ara tawhito from Noti Raureka to the Rakaia River | Wilberforce River |
| Waitete | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering aruhe (fernroot), kāuru (cabbage tree root), harakeke and tuna | Waitati River |
| Waitohi | tributary of the Hurunui | Waitohi River |
| Waitohi | ritual to bless warriors by striking their right shoulders with a karumū branch dipped in the stream | Waitohi River |
| Waitoto | named after a tipuna | Waiatoto River |
| Waitūi | dating through three periods of occupation, most recently by Tūmatakōkiri | pā at east side of Titirangi Bay |
| Waituna | named after tuna (eels) | Waituna Bay |
| Waituna | named after tuna (eels) | Waituna Creek |
| Waitutu | river at southern end of Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Waitutu River |
| Waiwaiata | stream that flows into Moturau | Iris Burn |
| Waiwhakaata | water that reflects objects | Lake Hayes |
| Waiwhio | stream of whio (the native Blue duck) | Irwell River |
| Wānaka | southern variation of wānanga | Lake Wānaka |
| Wāwāhi Waka | name for both the lake and an island in Whakatipu Waimāori | Lake Alabaster / Wāwāhi Waka |
| Wāwāhi Waka | name for both the island and Lake Alabaster | Pigeon Island / Wāwāhi Waka |
| Weherua | bay at Te Ana-au | Middle Fiord |
| Whakaari | mountain range near Whakatipu Waimāori | Richardson Mountains |
| Whakakea | river that flows into Hāwea | Dingle Burn |
| Whakamārama | approach to a clear view or a clear precise explanation | Wakamarama Range |
| Whakamarino | expanse of calm waters | Wakamarina River |
| Whakamatau | lake dug by the Waitaha tipuna Rākaihautū | Lake Coleridge |
| Whakamoa | ancient kāinga of Te Ruahikihiki before settling at Taumutu | Whakamoa Bay |
| Whakanui | first kāinga nohoanga with freshwater on the ara tawhito south of Rakaia | kāinga nohoanga at mouth of Wakanui Creek |
| Whakanui | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering kiore, manu (birds), aruhe (fernroot) and waharoa (type of fish) | Wakanui Creek |
| Whakanui | named after a man | Wanganui River |
| Whakaoma | maunga in Murihiku | Ship Cone / Ōtaupiri |
| Whakapapakura | mountain range in Murihiku | Taringatura Hills |
| Whakapoai | river north of Awarua | Whakapohai River |
| Whakapoāi | call of the female kiwi | Heaphy River |
| Whakapuaka | bay of puaka, Ngāti Kuia pā sacked by Ngāti Toa and allies in 1833 | Delaware Bay |
| Whakarari | bay on eastern coastline of Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū | Lavericks Bay |
| Whakaraupō | bay of raupō (bulrush) | Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō |
| Whakarimu | bay on eastern coastline of Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū | Fishermans Bay |
| Whakaroa | long harbour | Little Akaloa Bay |
| Whakatipu | kāinga mahinga kai for gathering tuna and weka | Twizel River |
| Whakatipu Waimāori | Whakatipu freshwater | Lake Wakatipu |
| Whakatipu Waitai | one of the largest Ngāi Tahu kāinga in the region | kāinga at Martins Bay |
| Whakatipu Waitai | name for both the lake and Martins Bay | Lake McKerrow / Whakatipu Waitai |
| Whakatipu Waitai | Whakatipu seawater | Martins Bay |
| Whakatipu-ka-tuku | ara tawhito from Whakatipu Waimāori to Whakatipu Waitai | Hollyford River / Whakatipu Kā Tuka |
| Whakatoetoe | named after the tipuna Toetoe | Toitoi Bay |
| Whakatōrea | bay of the tōrea (oystercatchers) | Akatore Creek |
| Whakatū | to prop up into a standing position | general area of Nelson city |
| Whanganui | river near Kakara Taramea | Little Wanganui River |
| Whanganui | wide expanse of water | Whanganui Inlet |
| Whangapeka | whanga is an expanse of water, peka, a branch of river | Wangapeka River |
| Whangarae | sunny bay, a name from Hawaiki | Croisilles Harbour |
| Wharanui | a type of harakeke | coastal area at Wharanui (locality) |
| Wharariki | for the species of flax | Greville Harbour / Wharariki |
| Whareakeake | pā and kāinga mahinga kai east of Pūrākaunui | pā at Whareakeake (beach) |
| Whareātea | not known | Whareātea Bay |
| Wharehunga | fallen house, the Ngāti Ira people met Cook and later Bellingshausen | pā at head of Wharehunga Bay |
| Wharekō | first bay south of Piopiotahi | Transit Beach |
| Wharepapa | considered a tupuna and provides a historical and spiritual link to the natural world | Wharepapa / Arthur Range |
| Whataroa | a long storehouse | Whataroa River |
| Whenua Hou | traditional kāinga and important stopping-off point for muttonbirders travelling to the Tītī Islands | Codfish Island / Whenua Hou |
| Whimiahoa | river flowing from Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana into Takapō | Godley River |
| Whiringahau | old pā site | pā in vicinity of Tuamarina (locality) |
| Whitiaka-te-rā | ‘shining of the sun’, named by Tamatea when camping here with his travelling party | a place near View Hill |
Rēkoku | Wharekauri (Chatham Islands)
| Name | Kōrero | Current name or description |
|---|---|---|
| Ahuru | the sea swell | Ahuru (Eastern Reef) |
| Hakepa | while ha refers to breath or wind, the context is not known. An important ritual site | Hakepa |
| Hāpūpū | important kōpi/karaka grove and Moriori kāinga, urupā and rākau momori (dendroglyphs) site | Hāpūpū |
| Hemokawa | hemo is used when describing hunger, fainting, etc but the context is not known | Mount Diffenbach (Hemokawa) |
| Hokorereoro | Rangatira | millions of seabirds resonate in flight | not known | South East Island (Rangatira) |
| Kaimātaotao | Ngāti Tama pā, besieged by Ngāti Mutunga in 1840 | pā on right bank of Nairn River at the mouth |
| Kaingaroa | Rātā | Ngāti Tama settlement | Moriori settlement | Kaingaroa |
| Kekerione | meaning armpit, may be descriptive of the shape of the island | Long Beach |
| Kohanga-ta-ra | Ko Whakahewa | not known | Te Whakahewa / The Horns |
| Manauea | Mana is the name of an ancestor, but the context is not known | Manauea (beach) |
| Māngere | Maung’ Rē | not known | sun mountain | Mangere Island |
| Matawhenua | refers to the shape of the topography | the eastern shoreline north from Hikurangi Channel |
| Momoe-a-Toa | warrior’s resting or sleeping place, when the warrior Tchoro threw himself into the blowhole after killing someone | at next point southwest of Cape Young |
| Motchu Hara | Motuhara | difficult islands, perhaps referring to birding expeditions | not known | Motuhara (Bertier or the Forty Fours) |
| Motchu Hopo | Motuhope | island of the albatross | not known | Star Keys (Motuhope) |
| Motuhinahina | island of grey hairs, may refer to fur seals or the local māhoe species | Motuhinahina Island |
| Ōhinepapa | refers to an ancestor, an important quarry for stone tools | site southwest of Waitangi opposite Heaphy Shoal |
| Ōnoua | an ancestor’s name | the bay at Flower Pot (Onoua) (locality) |
| Orokonga | adze sharpener, a place where Moriori made stone tools | Glory Bay |
| Ouenga | Owenga | an ancestor’s name | not known | kāinga at Owenga (locality) |
| Pana | an ancestor’s name | Pana / Blind Jims Creek |
| Pohauta | to face south | Ocean Bay |
| Pūhina | named for its resemblance to a seal’s face in profile | Puhina |
| Rakitchu | Rangitūtahi | reference to a celestial body | first land sighted when approaching from the northwest | The Sisters (Rangitatahi) |
| Rangiauria | likely reference to an ancient name from Eastern Polynesia, similar to Rai-aotea in derivation. Alternatively the name of a large waka towed with other waka behind the Rodney to form a raft in 1835 | Rangiauria Point |
| Rangiauria | Rangihaute | name of point at southwest applied to whole island | misty sky | Pitt Island (Rangiauria) |
| Rangihokopoi | refers to the way the water ripples | Rangihokopoi / Western Reef |
| Rangiwheao | may be an ancestor's name | The Castle (Rangiwheau) |
| Rēkohu | Wharekauri | misty sun | a tupuna name and/or for the ancient pā in north Taranaki | Chatham Island |
| Rēkohu | Wharekauri | misty sun | a tupuna name and/or for the ancient pā in north Taranaki | Chatham Islands |
| Rongomaiongo | a Moriori ancestor | French Reef |
| Ta Upoko-o-Rangimene | the head of Rangimene | Ta Upoko-o-Rangimene Reef |
| Takapu | belly | area of Takapu (locality) |
| Tapuaenuku | the footsteps of Nuku | Little Mangere Island (Tapuaenuku) The Fort |
| Tapuaki-o-Hiti | Tupuangi | the anchoring place of Hiti | a kāinga here was destroyed by a tsunami in 1868 | Cape Pattisson |
| Tapuika | meaning 'sacred fish', where the Moriori waka Rangihoua was wrecked | area of Tapuika (locality) |
| Tarakoikoia | Tcharako | not known | to be sharp | The Pyramid (Tarakoikoia) |
| Te Awapātiki | the channel where flounder are taken | Hikurangi Channel |
| Te Kiato | kiato means jealous, and has connotations of being tightly packed, but the context is not known | Cattle Point |
| Te Rangakiore | the movement of the kiore | Te Rangakiore Islands |
| Te Rangi Taumaewa | an ancestor’s name | North-East Reef (Terangi-taumaewa) |
| Te Whanga | the bay | Te Whanga Lagoon |
| Tei Kohuru | Whangaroa | safe or calm harbour | deep harbour where Ngāti Tama and Kekerewai first disembarked from the Lord Rodney in December 1835 | Port Hutt (Whangaroa Harbour) |
| Tok’ Karoro | Tokakaroro | place of the seagull | Point Munning |
| Tokotoko-o-Utangaroa | the walking stick of Utangaroa, a crew member of the Moriori waka Rangimata | Cape Young |
| Tupouranga | refers to diving, though the context is not known | Cape Fournier |
| Waikanae | Ngāti Mutunga pā | pā in vicinity of present day Port Hutt (locality) |
| Waikokopu | river of freshwater fish | Canister Cove (Waikokopu) |
| Waimihia | the place of greetings, referring to the meeting place of two waters on this coast | Waimihia / Point Alison |
| Waipāua | thought to be one of the oldest places of human settlement here | Waipāua (locality) |
| Waitangi | Waiteki | waters of lamentation | home of the ancestors Tapeneke and Taponi | kāinga at Waitangi (locality) |
| Waitua | refers to the extensive preparation to detoxify kernels of kōpi/karaka berries through soaking/steaming | Wairua |
| Waiwera | refers to hot water but the context is not known | Point Gap |
| Whenuahau | essence of the land | Whenuahau |
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| Ingoa | Kōrero | Ingoa o nāianei whakamārama rānei |
|---|---|---|
| Ahaura | ara tawhito atu i Māwheranui ki Hokakura | Ahaura River |
| Ahuriri | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te weka | Ahuriri River |
| Akaroa | he whanga, he aka roa | Akaroa Harbour |
| Anahau | he whanga e pupuhi tonu ai te hau | Cannibal Cove |
| Anatohia | he whanga mō ngā tikanga o te tohi | Anatohia Bay |
| Anatoki | i taunahatia ki te ana toki | Anatoki River |
| Anatoto | te ana toto, he tohu paenga hira ki a Ngāti Kuia me Ngāti Kōata | Clay Point |
| Ao-ata-te-pō | he motu kei Tamatea, o ōna motu katoa tuatoru ana tōna nui | Cooper Island |
| Aonui | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Cooks Head |
| Aopōuri | te ao pōuri, tētahi wāhi pōuri rānei | ngā hiwi i te tahatika me te pae maunga mai i te tonga o Collingwood ki te uru o Tākaka |
| Aoraki | maunga aporei o Kāi Tahu whānui, ko te pū o te orokohanganga mai o Te Waipounamu ki a Kāi Tahu | Aoraki / Mount Cook |
| Aorere | ngā ao (kapua) e rere ana, he ingoa nō Hawaiki | Aorere River |
| Aparima | he kāinga nō Ngāi Tahu | kāinga e pātata ana ki te wahapū o te Aparima River |
| Aparima | i taunahatia ki tētahi tipuna wahine me tētahi huanui matua | Aparima River |
| Arahura | tētahi o ngā kāinga aporei o Kāti Waewae he kāinga kei Te Tai Poutini | kāinga kei ngā parenga katau o te wahapū o te Arahura River |
| Arahura | he awa rongonui mō te pounamu | Arahura River |
| Arapaoa | te paoa atu a Kupe i te Te Wheke nui kia mate | Arapaoa Island |
| Arawhata | he pā tūwatawata nō Pātea me Ngāti Kopiha i whakaekea e Ngāi Tahu | pā kei te parenga mauī o te wahapū o te Arawhata River |
| Arawhata | he ingoa tipuna | Arawhata River |
| Ari | i taunahatia ki tētahi tipuna | Mount Alfred / Ari |
| Aroarokaehe | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Aroarokaehe Range |
| Aropaki | te tahatika ka rere i te taha rāwhiti o Te Waewae Bay | one kei Orepuki (wāhi) |
| Arowhenua | i taunahatia e Te Rakitauneke hei whakamaharatanga ki a Arowhenua i Te Umu Kaha | wāhi ngahere whānui o mua i te takiwā ki Longbush (wāhi) |
| Arowhenua | he kāinga, he mahinga nā Kāti Huirapa kei te taha o tētahi toenga ngahere nui | kāinga kei Arowhenua Pa (wāhi) |
| Atuarere | te pūkawa i tahuri ai te waka o Orurea | Long Reef |
| Awaiti | he awa iti | pā kei Te Awaiti Bay |
| Awaroa | he rerenga wai roa | Awaroa Inlet |
| Awarua | ētahi ‘awa e rua’, e kōrero ana mō ētahi rerenga wai e rua ka rere i te whanga, koinei anō te ingoa o te wāhi whānui | Bluff Harbour me Awarua Bay |
| Awarua | ētahi awa e rua | Haast River |
| Awatere | he awa tere te rere | Awatere River |
| Haehae aku mata | ka haehae ka waiho mātānawe ki te mata | Lake Nisson |
| Haehaeata | he toka kei Ōtākou | Leaning Rock / Haehaeata |
| Haehaenui | he manga nō te Kawarau | Arrow River |
| Hakapoua | te roto kei te pito ki te tonga o Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Lake Hakapoua |
| Hakataramea | i taunahatia ki te taramea (tipu) | Hakataramea River |
| Hakatere | ara tawhito atu i te tahatika ki Ōtūwharekai | Ashburton River / Hakatere |
| Hākinikini | he ingoa tipuna | Quoin Point |
| Hananui | te maunga tiketike katoa kei runga o Rakiura | Mount Anglem / Hananui |
| Hāpuku | i taunahatia ki te hāpuku (ika) | Hāpuku River |
| Haukore | he hiwi tohu huarere mai anō | Helmet Hill |
| Haumaiteraki | motu tītī kei te rāwhiti o Rakiura | Bunker Islets |
| Haumuku | ngā toka tūtata ki te wahapū o Ōhinatara | Sail Rock |
| Haupapa | he kupu taurite mō te te hukapapa me te hukatū | Haupapa / Tasman Glacier |
| Hauroko | te ngoio o te hau | Lake Hauroko |
| Hautai | te kite kaipuke i tawhiti | Gorge River |
| Hautere | e mōhiotia ana anō ko ‘Te Niho-o-Kewa’ mō te rite o tōna āhua ki te niho o te Kewa | Solander Island / Hautere |
| Hāwea | i taunahatia ki te tipuna ki a Hāwea-i-te-raki | Hāwea / Bligh Sound |
| Hāwea | i taunahatia ki te tipuna ki a Hāwea-i-te-raki | Lake Hāwea |
| Hekeao | he kāinga mahinga kai mō te mahi tuna | Hinds River |
| Hikuraki | te whanga i te tahatika ki te tonga o Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū | Hikuraki Bay |
| Hikuraki | he roto kei Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | tētahi o ngā Mavora lakes |
| Hikurangi | kāinga o Ngāti Rangitāne i whakatūria e Tamaherangi | Hikurangi / Goulter Hill |
| Hine Kōareare | mō tētahi tupuna o Ngāti Kuia, i tanumia ki runga i te maunga | Strachan Peak |
| Hinemakawe | he ingoa tipuna | Mount Castor |
| Hinemoatū | mō tētahi tupuna o Ngāti Apa | Hinemoatū / Howard River |
| Hinenui | he ingoa tipuna | Hinenui / Nancy Sound |
| Hinepaaka | he rākau mātiti tapu, mai anō he tohu whenua | rākau mātiti tūtata ki Alford Forest (wāhi) |
| Hinerukutai | i taunahatia ki te tipuna ki a Hinerukutai | Lake Alice |
| Hinewaikārara | ingoa o te kūrae me ngā Moutere o te Hazelburgh Group | East Cape / Koromere |
| Hokakura | te roto i keria e te tipuna o Waitaha e Rākaihautū | Lake Sumner |
| Hokanui | maunga tūtata ki Mataura | East Peak |
| Hokitika | kāinga ki te tuawhenua o Hokitika | kāinga kei te parenga mauī o te Hokitika River |
| Hokitika | i taunahatia hei pou tohutohu ‘kia hoki tika’ i muri o te pakanga aituā nui | Hokitika River |
| Hopeakoa | te wai hōkiwai ka ngau ki te hope ina whakawhiti i te awa | Taipo River |
| Horahora-Kākahu | te horahora i te kākahu | Horahora Kākahu Island |
| Horoirangi | te horoia o te rangi, he kōrero mō te takahuihui o te kapua te tohu o te puhoro | Horoirangi / Drumduan |
| Huatea | te kokoru ki te tonga o Moturau | South Arm |
| Huatekerekere | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru, te wahine a Tarahaoa | Little Mount Peel / Huatekerekere |
| Huirapa | mō te hapū o Kāi Tahu a Kāti Huirapa | Mount Hutt |
| Huriawa | pā ōnamata o Te Wera, rangatira o Ngāi Tahu | pā kei te wahapū o te Waikouaiti River |
| Hurunui | ara tawhito mō te ikiiki pounamu atu i Te Tai Poutini ki te Pā o Kaiapoi | Hurunui River |
| Inangahua | i taunahatia ki te īnanga (te mahitai, te maitai) | Inangahua River |
| Irihuka | te koutu kei te tahatika o Murihiku | Irihuka |
| Iwituaroa | te iwituaroa, te tuaiwi | Iwituaroa Range |
| Kā Ara-a-Haereroa | i taunahatia ki a Haereroa i kite nei i ngā ara kekeno i konei me te hokihoki tonu ki te patu | Seal Point |
| Kā Huruhuru-o-koekoeā | ngā huruhuru o te koekoeā (te koehoperoa) | Breaksea Island |
| Kā Kamu-a-Hakitekura | te kakamu mai, te rikoriko o ngā tihi maunga i te atatū i kite a Hakitekura i a ia e kauhoe ana i te Whakatipu Waimāori | Walter Peak me Cecil Peak |
| Kā Mauka Whakatipu | te pae maunga o Whakatipu | Ailsa Mountains |
| Kā Mauka-tokoweka | te pae maunga o te tokoweka (kiwi parauri o Te Waipounamu) | Kā Mauka-tokoweka (pae maunga) |
| Kā Onehuka | whanga kei te takatika ki te rāwhiti o Rakiura | Chew Tobacco Bay |
| Kā Pākihi-whakatekateka-o-Waitaha | e rite ana te kīia ko ‘ngā pākihi i haere ngākau whakahī ai a Waitaha’ me ‘te rākau kōre o te pārekereke a Waitaha’ | Canterbury Plains |
| Kā Poupou-a-Te-Rakihouia | ngā pā tuna a Te Rakihouia | Kā Poupou-a-Rakihouia (tahatika) |
| Kā Pukemāeroero | ngā puke o te māeroro (atua) | Maclennan Range |
| Kā Rā-o-takitimu | ngā rā (o te waka) o Takitimu | Waimea Plains |
| Kā Roimata-a-Hinehukatere | ngā roimata o Hinehukatere | Franz Josef Glacier / Kā Roimata o Hine Hukatere |
| Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana | e kōrero ana mō te pōhēhē o Māui ko ngā maunga o Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana e kōreko mai rā ōna tihi mā ko te “ehu mariko o te moana” | Southern Alps / Kā Tiritiri o te Moana |
| Kā Tū-waewae-o-Tū | ngā waewae tū o Tūterakiwhānoa | Secretary Island |
| Kā Whata-Tū-o-Rakihouia | te whata kai a Rakihouia | Seaward Kaikōura Range |
| Kahokahotere | te kohu e rere ana | Bannock Brae |
| Kāhuikākāpō | te patu kākāpō | Spey River |
| Kahukura | i taunahatia ki a Kahukura nāna nei i āwhina a Tūterakiwhānoa ki te ahuahu i Te Waipounamu kia nōhia ai e te tangata | takiwā ki Bush Cone me Longbeach Creek |
| Kahukura | he ingoa tipuna | Mount Alba |
| Kahurangi | te paenga taha raki o te takiwā o Ngāi Tahu i Te Tai Poutini | Kahurangi Point |
| Kahuroa | e mōhiotia ana hoki e te iwi o Kurahaupō ko Ngā Paepae Tāngata | Richmond Range |
| Kahutara | te wāhi i mau pōkeka ai a Te Rākaitauheke rangatira o Ngāti Kurī ka haru me te kekeno ki te poapoa mai i a Ngāti Māmoe i te Pā o Peketā | Kahutara River |
| Kaiapoi | te pā i whakatūria e Tūrākautahi, tama a Tūāhuriri | pā kei te raki o Kaiapoi |
| Kaiaua | ko te aua (ika) te kai | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Pakiaka Point i te raki-mā-rāwhiti o Croisilles Harbour |
| Kaihuka | motu tītī kei te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Rakiura | Kaihuka Island |
| Kaikākāpō | i taunahatia ki te kākāpō | Kaipo Bay |
| Kaikarae | i taunahatia ki te karae (he manu moana) | Kaikorai Stream and Kaikorai Lagoon |
| Kaikiekie | i taunahatia ki te kiekie (he aka e kaingākautia ana mō te whatu) | Kaikiekie / Bradshaw Sound |
| Kaimahi | he toka hiranga nui taha ahurea, te wāhi i hikina ai e Matuahautere te tapu i ngā whenua i whakatapuhia e tōna tupuna, e Kupe | Oke Rock |
| Kairākau | he whanga kei te tahatika taha rāwhiti o Rakiura | Halfmoon Bay |
| Kairuru | te hiwi rongonui mō te taramea me te tikumu (tipu) | Kairuru |
| Kaitorete | he ara tawhito, he whenua pīrere anō i mua | Kaitorete Spit |
| Kaituna | te kai tuna | Kaituna River |
| Kākā | i taunahatia ki te kākā | pā kei Kākā Island |
| Kakara Taramea | te taramea kakara (he tipu) | Karamea River |
| Kākaunui | kāinga o te rakatira matua o Kāi Tahu o Te Māmaru | kāinga nohoanga kei te wahapū o te Kakanui River |
| Kākaunui | kāinga mahinga kai mō te mahi weka, tuna, tutu me te kōareare (aka o te raupō ka kainga) | Kakanui River |
| Kāmoanahaehae | ngā moana weherua | pūruatanga o te Clutha River / Mata-au me te Manuherikia River |
| Kanawera | motu tītī kei te tonga-mā-uru o Rakiura | Taukihepa / Big South Cape Island |
| Kaniere | e pā ana ki te kani pounamu | Lake Kaniere |
| Kaniere | nonoti kei te upoko o te Arahura | Mount Harman / Kaniere |
| Kaparatehau | papa o te riri whakamutunga i waenga i a Ngāi Tahu me Ngāti Toa | Lake Grassmere / Kapara Te Hau |
| Karangarua | e rongonui ana mō te tuna me te kohikohi hua tarāpunga | Karangarua River |
| Kararoa | kāinga ka kotahi rā te hīkoi atu ki te raki o Māwhera | pā kei te Kararoa Creek |
| Karitāne | kāinga nō Ngāi Tahu kei te Waikouaiti | kāinga kei Karitane (wāhi) |
| Karu-hāpuku | he ngahere kei Murihiku | wahi ngahere o mua i te takiwā ki Gropers Bush (wāhi) |
| Kataihaere | kāinga o te rangatira o Taetae | pā kei Ulipa Hill, Saltwater Lagoon |
| Kāti Hāwea | i taunahatia ki a Kāti Hāwea | Mutiny Peak |
| Kāti Wairaki | i taunahatia ki a Kāti Wairaki | Mount Paulina |
| Kawarau | ara tawhito atu i Mata-au ki Whakatipu Waimāori | Kawarau River |
| Kawarau | te ingoa o te pae maunga me te Kawarau | The Remarkables |
| Kawatea | te whanga i ū ai te waka o Makawhiua ki uta | Okains Bay |
| Kawatiri | kāinga kei te pito whakateraki rawa o Te Tai Poutini | kāinga kei te parenga mauī o te wahapū o te Buller River |
| Kawatiri | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Buller River |
| Kawhakaputaputa | te whanga nui ki te uru o Ōraka | Kawakaputa Bay |
| Kekerengu | i taunahatia ki tētahi tipuna o Ngāti Ira | Kekerengu River |
| Kimiākau | kautawa o te Awa o Kawarau | Shotover River |
| Kirikirikatata | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Kirikirikatata / Mount Cook Range |
| Ko te arohaki | awa kei te tonga o Ōkahu | Smoothwater River |
| Kōamaru | e mārū ana, e māmā ana, ka koaina | Cape Koamaru |
| Kohikaaroroa | kāinga mahinga kai mō te weka, te kākāpō, te kea, te kererū, te kākā me te aruhe | Harper River |
| Kohimara | pua o te pōhue | Kumara (wāhi) |
| Kohitewai | te kohi wai. I ngā tau 1820 ka hoepapatia te kāinga ka noho hei pahi i muri iho | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Glenduan |
| Kokatahi | pā raumati kei te tuawhenua, te kauhanga riri anō a Ngāi Tahu me Ngāti Wairangi | Kokatahi River |
| Kōkōtane | kāinga mahinga kai mō te pūtakitaki me te pārera (ētahi manu) | kāinga mahinga kai i te pito tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Lake Hāwea |
| Kōpeka | motu tītī kei waho atu o te tahatika tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Rakiura | Kopeka Island |
| Kōpūtai | kāinga nohoanga kei te Whanga o Ōtākou | kāinga kei Port Chalmers |
| Kōpūwai | i taunahatia ki tētahi tangata nunui i hurihia kia toka kāwitiwiti | Old Man Range / Kopuwai |
| Korotuaheka | kāinga whakahirahira i nōhia anō i muri o te tohe whenua i Ōmārama | kāinga kei te parenga matau o te wahapū o te Waitaki River |
| Kōtorepī | te one i reira te waka o Tairea e tāngia ana, e tapia ana | Nine Mile Creek / Kotorepi |
| Kōtukuwhakaoka | i taunahatia ki tētahi rangatira o Te Ika-a-Māui kei te pūrākau mō te taniwha | Arnold River |
| Kōtukuwhakaoka | i taunahatia ki tētahi rangatira o Te Ika-a-Māui | Lake Brunner / Moana |
| Koukourarata | i taunahatia e Moki ki tētahi manga i Te Whanganui-a-Tara, he maharatanga ki te whānautanga mai o tana matua a Tūāhuriri | Port Levy (Potiriwi) / Koukourarata |
| Kōwai | i taunahatia ki te kōwhai (rākau Māori) | Kowai River |
| Kōwhai | mō te kōwhai (rākau Māori) | pā kei te parenga matau o te wahapū o te Wairau River |
| Kōwhaiwhai | i taunahatia ki tētahi uru kōwhai e tūtata ana | Kōhaihai River |
| Kura Tawhiti | he wāhi i rongonui mō te mahi kākāpō | Castle Hill |
| Kuramātakitaki | i taunahatia ki tētahi tipuna wahine o Waitaha | Mataketake Range |
| Kuramea | ngutu taikato nunui kei te wahapū o Pounawea | Catlins Lake |
| Kurateau | i te patunga a Kupe i Te Wheke ka rere ngā toto ki te au o te wai ka whero. E pā ana anō ki te whero o te kōuraraki | Tory Channel / Kura Te Au |
| Maerewhenua | kāinga nohoanga me te wāhi o ngā whakairo kāmaka o nehe | kāinga kei te Maerewhenua River |
| Mahaanui | te waka o Māui | Mount Harper / Mahaanui |
| Mahakipaoa | te paoa ka kōkiri ake i te tahu tūpāpaku, he kāinga hiranga nō Ngāti Kuia | kāinga kei te upoko o Mahakipawa Arm |
| Māhēipuku | te māhē hī ika | Pepin Island |
| Māhinapua | te kauhanga o te riri nui a Ngāi Tūāhuriri me Ngāti Wairangi | Lake Mahinapua |
| Mahitahi | te awa, te whanga i ū tuatahi atu ai a Māui ki Te Waipounamu | Mahitahi River |
| Mahitahi | te mahi ngātahi, he ingoa nō te hau kāinga mō te īnanga | Maitai River |
| Mahu-tōrea | i taunahatia ki te tōrea (tōrea ōpure o Te Waipounamu) | Tōrea Rocks |
| Maitapapa | Kāi Tahu kāika kei te Taiari | kāika kei te Taieri River i te tonga-mā-uru o Henley (wāhi) |
| Makahoe | kāinga mahinga kai mō te pātiki, te makō, te tuere me te mātaitai | Papanui Inlet |
| Makarewa | manga o te Ōreti | Makarewa River |
| Makarewa | manga o te Waiau | Wairaki River |
| Makarore | ara tawhito atu i Wānaka ki Te Tai Poutini | Makarora River |
| Makatī | mātārae kei ngā tahatika o Murihiku | Makati |
| Makāwhio | manga o te whio (manu māori) he pā anō nō Ngāti Mahaki | Makawhio River / Jacobs River |
| Makihikihi | kāinga mahinga kai mō te kāuru (paiaka o te tī), te tuna, te aruhe me te īnaka | Makikihi River |
| Makotukutuku | i taunahatia ki tētahi tipuna o te waka o Araiteuru | Cape Wanbrow |
| Manakaiaua | te kainga o te aua (ika) | Manakaiaua River |
| Manawapora | he roto kei Te Rua-o-Te-Moko, e mōhiotia ana anō ko Manawapopore | tētahi o ngā Mavora lakes |
| Māniatoto | he whenua mānahanaha te mānia, e kōrero ana pea te toto mō te karaihe (momo pātītī hīwera) ka rite ki te moana toto | Maniototo Plain |
| Maniniaro | kei te ara wairua o ngā mate o Ngāti Apa e hoki haere ana ki Hawaiki kia pā anō ai ki ngā tahatika o reira | Maniniaro / Angelus Peak |
| Manokīwai | toitū ana te kī i te wai | Monowai Lake |
| Manuhaea | he whare wānanga, he hāpua rongonui anō mō te tuna | kāinga nohoanga kei The Neck, ka pukea i te pikitanga o Lake Hāwea |
| Manuherekia | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna, te pārera, te pūtakitaki me te kōareare (aka o te raupō ka kainga) | Manuherikia River |
| Mangamaunu | kāinga kei te raki o te wahapū o te Hāpuku | kāinga kei Mangamaunu (wāhi) |
| Mangatāwhai | wāhi kei te pūtahitanga o ētahi ara tuawhenua maha tonu | area kei te takiwā ki Tophouse (wāhi) |
| Māpouriki | tamāhine a Kārito | Lake Mapourika |
| Māpoutahi | he pā whakahirahira he kauhanga riri nui anō | pā kei Mapoutahi (kūititanga), Pūrākaunui Bay |
| Maraeroa | tētahi wāhanga o te ara tawhito atu i te Waiau ki ngā Mavora Lakes | Mararoa River |
| Mārahau | he māra e pupuhi tonu ai te hau | Mārahau River |
| Marakura | he ingoa anō mō tētahi kāinga kei tōna wahapū | Upukerora River |
| Maranuku | kāore e mōhiotia ana | kāinga kei Port Molyneux (wāhi) |
| Maruia | he wāhi rongonui mō te mahi manu | Maruia River |
| Mata-au | kāinga mahinga kai, he ara tawhito anō ki Wānaka me Whakatipu Waimāori | Clutha River / Mata-Au |
| Matahi | he ingoa kōtiro ko te mataī te tikanga | Lake Ianthe / Matahi |
| Matakaea | te wāhi i tahuri ai te waka o Araiteuru | pā kei Shag Point / Matakaea |
| Mātakitaki | te tirotiro, te mātakitaki | Mātakitaki River |
| Mātakitaki | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna, te kāuru (paiaka o te tī) me te aruhe | Matukituki River |
| Matamata | te okiokinga o Matamata te taniwha | Saddle Hill |
| Matangiawhea | he matangi whio, he wāhi hiranga i rite tonu te whakaekehia e ngā iwi maha | pā kei te tahatika ake i Port Nelson |
| Matangitawau | pae maunga kei te raki o Māwheranui | Twelve Apostles Range or Rapahoe Range |
| Matapara | he kupu ā-iwi mō te koura tai | Matapara / Pickersgill Island |
| Matapihi | tērā pea nō te ‘Matapihi-o-te-Rangi’ mō te maunga tūtata | Matapihi Bay |
| Matariki | he pā i whakatūria e Ngāti Māmoe | pā kei te raki o te wahapū o Waiau Toa / Clarence River |
| Matariki | he motu iti i noho hei pā tūwatawata kei waho paku atu o te tahatika | motu kei waho atu o te tahatika ki te tonga o Pahia Hill |
| Matau | matau hī ika | Cape Farewell |
| Mātau | he motu kei Whakatipu Waimāori | Pig Island / Mātau |
| Mataūira | he pā i whakatūria e Kāti Māmoe i Rakituma | pā kei Spit Islands, Rakituma / Preservation Inlet |
| Mataura | e rongonui ana mō te nui o te kanakana | Mataura River |
| Mauīkatau | he motu i whati atu i te tuawhenua i te waewae o Tūterakiwhānoa i a ia e tārai ana i Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Resolution Island |
| Mauka Atua | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Maungatua |
| Maukakūkuta | te ingoa o te awa me te Two Thumb Range | Macaulay River |
| Maukakūkuta | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Two Thumb Range |
| Maukaropa | pae maunga kei waenga o Lake Potiritiri me Lake Hauroko | Princess Mountains |
| Maukatakahea | maunga o te takahea (takahē o Te Waipounamu) | Mount Philipps |
| Maukatere | kāinga mahinga kai mō te kāuru (paiaka o te tī), te tikumu me te taramea | Mount Grey / Maukatere |
| Maukatere | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Shingle Peak |
| Maukurunui | pou tohu whenua, te ingoa anō o Bakers Creek | Seventeen Mile Bluff |
| Maungakura | maunga whero, e tiakina ana e te taniwha e Te Huarau | Maungakura / Red Hill |
| Maungatapu | i te hoea o te waka o Te Hoire e Matuahautere ki te pito whakauta e taea ana, ka hangaia e ia he tuāhu e poua ai tōna mana ki te whenua, ka piki ia i te maunga | Maungatapu |
| Māwhera | tētahi o ngā pā matua o Poutini Ngāi Tahu | pā kei Grey River / Māwheranui |
| Māwheranui | he ingoa kua whakapotohia mō te hanganga a Tūterakiwhānoa i te kapiti | Grey River / Māwheranui |
| Meretoto | he mere kua hūtoto, i konei anō ngā tūpuna o Rangitāne pērā i a Te Rangihouhia me Kahura e tūtakitaki ana ki a Cook me tana hoe waka | Meretoto / Ship Cove |
| Mikonui | kāinga whakahirahira nō te rangatira o Ngāti Kurī a Kaikōura Whakatau | kāinga kei Mikonui Stream |
| Mikonui | mō te tangata kua patua kia mate | Mikonui River |
| Moanahuna | moana (roto) huna | Lake Marchant |
| Moanauta | moana (tai) kei uta | Wet Jacket Arm |
| Moawhiti | tētahi tupuna wahine o Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri | whanga (he roto anō) kei te raki-mā-rāwhiti o Greville Harbour / Wharariki |
| Moeraki | kāika nō Kāi Tahu, te kāika o ētahi rakatira maha i te hinganga o te Pā o Kaiapoi | kāika kei runga o Moeraki Peninsula |
| Moerangi | he roto e rongonui ana mō te tuna | Lake Moeraki |
| Moerepo | he ingoa tupuna | pā kei Moerepo Island |
| Mohua | mō te manu ngahere nō konei ake he wā tōna i huhua ai | Golden Bay / Mohua |
| Mōkihinui | i taunahatia ki tētahi mōkihi nui i hangaia ki te kahikatea hei whakawhiti i te awa | Mōkihinui River |
| Mokinui | motu tītī kei te uru o Rakiura | Mokinui / Big Moggy Island |
| Motuara | he motu kei te ‘ara’ waka | Motuara Island |
| Motuareronui | he motu rite ki te arero te āhua, mō te ‘rere tiu rānei o te kapua’ | Motuareronui / Adele Island |
| Motuariki | tipuna o runga o te waka o Araiteuru | Motuariki Island |
| Motueka | he ingoa pērā i a Aorere me Tākaka i whakawhitingia mai i ētahi moutere i Hawaiki | Motueka River |
| Motunau | motu o te of nau (pātītī mate kāwei a Cook) | Motunau Island |
| Motupiko | he awa kōpikopiko rere taratahi | Motupiko River |
| Motupiu | he motu kei Te Ara-a-Kiwa | Dog Island |
| Motupōhue | he uru rākau, he moutere rānei te motu, he tipu totoro te pōhue | The Bluff / Motupōhue |
| Moturau | e kōrero ana mō te maha (rau) o ngā motu kei te roto | Lake Manapouri |
| Moturoa | te motu roa | Moturoa / Rabbit Island |
| Moutere | ‘he moutere’, ko tōna kōrero ake mō te kokoru kē i te tahatika | Moutere River |
| Muaupoko | he koutu i hangaia e by Tūterakiwhānoa | Otago Peninsula |
| Murihiku | he ingoa whānui te kōrerohia i Poronīhia mō te pito whakatetonga o te moutere | Southland |
| Muriwai | mahinga kai mō te tuna, te īnaka, te kēkēwai (kōura wai māori) me te manu | Coopers Lagoon / Muriwai |
| Nokomai | tētahi wāhanga o te ara tawhito atu i Murihiku ki te tuawhenua o Te Waipounamu | Nokomai River |
| Noti Raureka | i taunahatia ki te wahine o Kāti Wairaki ki a Raureka i kite tuatahi i te nonoti tio nei | Browning Pass / Noti Raureka |
| Noti Taramakau | he nonoti mō te ikiiki pounamu atu i Te Tai Poutini ki Kaiapoi Pā, e mōhiotia ana anō ko Te Rakamaunikura | Harper Pass |
| Nukumania | kāinga mahinga kai mō te weka, te kiore, te kākāpō me te tutu | Black Range |
| Ngā Pākihi-a-Māniarauhea | mānia o te pātītī pīrata | Hanmer Plain |
| Ngā Whatukaiponu | ka ‘whitihorotia’ e ngā karu o Te Wheke-o-Muturangi i makaia e Kupe ki te moana i konei i te patunga o te wheke nui. He tikanga, he kawa tonu mō te whakahipa haumaru i ngā motu tapu nei | The Brothers |
| Ngākawau | i taunahatia ki te kawau (manu) | Ngākawau River |
| Ōaro | ingoa atu i te wahapū ki te pūruatanga tuatahi | pito whakararo o te Oaro River |
| Ōhanui | he kūrae pōhatuhatu kei te tonga o Rakituma | Windsor Point |
| Ōhau | he roto i keria e Rākaihautū tipuna o Waitaha | Lake Ōhau |
| Ōhekeia | i taunahatia ki a Hekeia rangatira o Murihiku | Longwood Range |
| Ōhekia | he awa ka rere ki Te Whaka-a-Te-Wera | Freshwater River |
| Ohikaroroa | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Mount Watkin / Hikaroroa |
| Ōhinatara | he awa kei te tonga o te Hurunui | Blythe River |
| Ōhinemahuta | kāinga o te tupuna a Hinemahuta | Ōhinemahuta River |
| Ōhinetaketake | te pā tuatahi o Poutini Ngāi Tahu | pā kei te pūruatanga o te Ahaura River me te Grey River / Māwheranui |
| Ōhinetamatea | te ingoa o tētahi wahine o te kitenga tuatahi o te nonoti | Ōhinetamatea River / Saltwater Creek |
| Ōhonu | he awa hiranga mō te pounamu me te kōura | Greenstone River / Hokonui |
| Ōhonu | he pae maunga kei waenga Taramakau me Kōtukuwhakaoka | Hohonu Range |
| Ōkahu | he pā, he tauranga waka nō nehe | Jackson Bay / Okahu |
| Ōkaihae | he motu tūtata ki te wahapū o te Kaikarae | Green Island |
| Ōkākā | tētahi o ētahi ngaru nui e toru nā rātou i tahuri ai te waka o Takitimu i Te Waewae Bay | Hump Ridge |
| Ōkana | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Okana River |
| Ōkari | he pūroto, he kāika kei te tonga o Tauranga Bay | Ōkari Lagoon |
| Ōkārito | he pā, he wānanga nō Ngāti Wairangi | pā kei te pito ki te tonga o Ōkārito Lagoon |
| Ōkārito | ingoa tipuna e kōrero ana mō te kārito o te raupō | Ōkārito Lagoon |
| Ōkaruru | he whanga kei te tahatika rāwhiti o Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū | Goughs Bay |
| Ōkiwi | mō tētahi tipuna a Kiwi | kāinga kei te upoko o Ōkiwi Bay |
| Okopako | kāore e mōhiotia ana | mānia kei waenga o te Rakaia River me te Selwyn River / Waikirikiri |
| Ōkūkū | kāinga mahinga kai mō te kāuru (paiaka o te tī), te aruhe, te tutu, te tuna, te kākā me te weka | Ōkūkū River |
| Ōmakō | ara tawhito kei waenga o Te Manahuna me Hāwea | Lindis Pass |
| Ōmakō | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna | Lindis River |
| Ōmanui | he nonoti kei te raki o Te Ana-au | Omanui / McKinnon Pass |
| Ōmārama | kāinga mahinga kai, te papa anō o tētahi me te papa tohe whenua nui. Ko Te Ao Mārama anō te ingoa | kāinga kei te raki o Omarama (wāhi) |
| Ōmāui | i taunahatia ki te kaihōpara Māori tino rongonui ki a Māui | Ōmāui Island |
| Ōmāwhero | hiwi kei te pito rāwhiti o Te Waewae Bay | Pahia Hill |
| Ōmihi | he pā ahurei i whakatūria e Kāti Māmoe | pā kei Omihi Stream |
| Ōnauku | e ai ki te kōrero e tohu ana i te pito whakamutunga o te kūiti moana | Ōnauku Bay |
| Ōnawe | he pā nō Ngāi Tahu kei te upoko o Akaroa | pā kei Onawe (kōutu), Akaroa Harbour |
| Onetahua | he tahua one, he matatāhuna | Farewell Spit |
| Onikiko | te oni o te upoko o te rākau whawhai | Port Hardy |
| Ōnuku | kāinga nō Ngāi Tārewa kei Akaroa | kāinga i The Kaik (wāhi) |
| Ōpakia | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna | Lake Middleton |
| Ōpāwaho | kāinga mahinga kai rongonui mō te ika, te raurēkau me te manu wai māori | Heathcote River |
| Ōpēhia | ingoa tahi o te koi me Nicholson Harbour | South Cape / Whiore |
| Ōpihi | ara tawhito ki Te Manahuna he kāinga mahinga kai nō Kāti Huirapa | Ōpihi River |
| Ōpōrea | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna, te kōareare (aka o te raupō ka kainga) me te manu wai māori | Lake Pearson |
| Ōpōreaiti | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna, te kōareare (aka o te raupō ka kainga) me te manu wai māori | Lake Grasmere |
| Ōpūaha | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te taramea | Opuha River |
| Ōpuku | ngā pari kei Green Beach | Ōpuku Cliff |
| Ōrae | mō te tupuna a Rae | Rai River |
| Ōrahoriu | te raho ka rere i te riu o te waka | Cape Stephens |
| Ōraka | kāinga o Ngāi Tahu kei Ōraka | kāinga kei Colac Bay / Ōraka |
| Ōrari | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna | Orari River |
| Orariki | pā i whakatūria e Te Ruahikihiki, rangatira o Ngāi Tahu i runga i te taunaha | pā kei Taumutu (wāhi) |
| Ōrau | ara tawhito i waenga o Whakatipu Waimāori me Wānaka | Cardrona River |
| Ōrau | whanga kei te taha tonga o Muaupoko | Sandfly Bay |
| Ōraumoa | haere mai ai te tupuna a Raumoa ki konei mō te kaimoana | pā kei Ōraumoa / Fighting Bay |
| Ōrautahi | he one onepū kei te tahatika ki te raki o Rakiura | Smoky Beach |
| Ōreti | te ara tawhito me te awa ka whakawhiti i ngā mānia o Murihiku ki te tahatika | Ōreti River |
| Orikākā | e kōrero ana mō te mutu kākā | Orikaka or Mackley River |
| Ōroko | tētahi o ētahi ngaru nui e toru nā rātou i tahuri ai te waka o Takitimu i Te Waewae Bay | Heale Ridge |
| Ōronoko | pae maunga kei te tonga o Hokakura | Oronoko Range |
| Ōrore | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te īnaka | Orore Point |
| Ōruawairua | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Blumine Island / Ōruawairua |
| Ōtaao | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te weka | Dobson River |
| Ōtaetae | he wāhi i tōia mai ai te waka ki uta kia amohia ake i te whenua | wahi ngahere o mua i te takiwā ki Otaitai Bush (wāhi) |
| Ōtaia | kāinga mahinga kai mō te aruhe, te kāuru (paiaka o te tī) me te tuna | Otaio River |
| Ōtākaro | kāinga mahinga kai rongonui mō te ika, te raurēkau me te manu wai māori | Avon River / Ōtakaro |
| Ōtākou | ingoa o nehe mō te hongere ki te rāwhiti o te Otago Harbour | hongere ki te rāwhiti (taha tonga) o te Otago Harbour |
| Ōtaku | tētahi awa kei Rakiura | Murray River |
| Ōtamatakou | kāinga mahinga kai mō te weka, te tuna, me te tutu | Otematata River |
| Ōtānenui | kāinga mahinga kai mō te kāuru (paiaka o te tī), te aruhe, te kākāpō, te weka, te tuna | Wilkin River |
| Ōtāpara | i taunahatia ki a Tāpara tipuna o Waitaha tipuna | Lake Gunn |
| Ōtara | kūrae kei te tahatika o Murihiku | Waipapa Point |
| Ōtārewa | te ingoa anō o tētahi ngahere nui e toe nei ko te Seaward Downs Scenic Reserve anake | Otepuni Creek |
| Otauira | te wai kutakuta, he pā nō Rangitāne | Otauira Pā, kei te upoko o Waikutakuta / Robin Hood Bay |
| Ōtautahi | i taunahatia ki Tautahi, tama a Huikai | kāinga nohoanga, kāinga mahinga kai kei te Avon River / Ōtakaro |
| Ōtautau | mō te wāhi i tukuna ai tētahi koha | Ōtautau Stream |
| Ōteake | i taunahatia ki tētahi rākau | Otiake River |
| Ōtehake | kautawa o te Taramakau | Otehake River |
| Ōtepoti | wāhi ki tētahi tauraka waka | tauraka waka, kāinga kei Dunedin te wāhi i tūtaki ai te Toitū (awa) ki te tapatai ake |
| Ōteraumaka | ko te ingoa anō o tētahi ngahere nui e toe nei ko te Edendale Scenic Reserve anake | Oteramika Creek |
| Ōtewao | tētahi o ētahi ngaru nui e toru nā rātou i tahuri ai te waka o Takitimu i Te Waewae Bay | Forest Hill |
| Ōtewhakāriki | kāinga mahinga kai mō te kāuru (paiaka o te tī), te aruhe, te kākāpō, te weka, te tuna | Minaret Burn |
| Ōtira | ara tawhito kei waenga o te Taramakau me te Waimakariri | Ōtira River |
| Ōtoatahi | kautawa matua o te Awarua | Landsborough River |
| Ōtuawhiti | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Boundary Creek |
| Ōtūmatua | he wāhanga nō te ara tawhito atu i te Waiau ki Te Ana-au | Whitestone River |
| Ōtūparāoa | paei maunga kei Murihiku | Umbrella Mountains |
| Ōtūroto | kāinga mahinga kai mō te weka, te aruhe me te kāuru (paiaka o te tī) | Lake Heron |
| Ōturu | i taunahatia ki tētahi tipuna o Waitaha | Diamond Lake |
| Ōtūwharekai | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te pārera | Maori Lakes |
| Ōue | kāore e mōhiotia ana | kāinga kei te New River Estuary |
| Oueto | kāinga mahinga kai mō te kiore me te koreke (manu wharengaro) | mānia kei waenga o te Rakaia River me te Wakanui Creek |
| Ōuruhia | i taunahatia ki a Uruhia, tētahi tama a Tūrākautahi | kāinga kei Ouruhia (wāhi) |
| Ōwi | kāore e mōhiotia ana | takiwā ki te whakapū o te Mataura River |
| Ōwhio | i taunahatia ki te whio (manu wai māori) | wāhi o Blue Spur (wāhi) |
| Pāhau | kautawa o te Hurunui | Pahau River |
| Pāhautāne | pā pōhatu mahi kiripaka o nehe mō te pounamu | wāhi o Pahautane (wāhi) |
| Pākawau | i nōhia i mua e Ngāi Tara, e Tūmatakōkiri me Ngāti Apa. I te 1828 ka nōhia e Ngāti Tama mō tētahi wā | pā kei te Pākawau Inlet |
| Panau | wāhi o tētahi pā tawhito | Long Lookout Point |
| Papahaua | he papa ka pūhia tonuhia e te hau | pae maunga kei waenga o te Buller River me te Mōkihinui River |
| Papaki | he whāriki | Hope River |
| Papapounamu | i taunahatia ki ētahi papa pounamu nui i te whanga | Poison Bay |
| Papatara | ētahi toka kei te tahatika i waenga o Tahutahi me Ōkahu | Seal Rocks |
| Papatea | e mōhiotia ana anō ko Te Kauati-a-Tamatea mō te hika ahi a Tamatea i te moutere | Green Island |
| Parakārehu | he ingoa tipuna | The Peninsula |
| Parakiore | i taunahatia ki te tipuna ki a Parakiore | Cameron Mountains |
| Paramata | he hiwi tuaka nui kei te one ki te tonga o Hokitika | Bold Head |
| Paratītahi | e kōrero ana mō te ‘aronga o te oranga’ i te tohia o ngā tamariki ariki i konei i mua i te tāpaea atu ki te iwi | Paratītahi Tarns |
| Parikawakawa | he pari kawakawa | pari kei te Washdyke Stream ki te raki o te wahapū o te Waiau Toa / Clarence River |
| Paringa | wāhi o te pā o Poutini Ngāi Tahu | Paringa River |
| Pariroa | te pari roa | Gore Bay |
| Parororangi | te rangi paroro | Mount Stokes |
| Pātea | ingoa onamata nō Rai’atea i Poronīhia ki te Rāwhiti | Doubtful Sound / Patea |
| Pātearoa | kāinga mahinga kai mō te weka me te tikumu | Rock And Pillar Range |
| Pātere | kūrae kei te tahatika ki te uru o Rakiura | South Red Head Point |
| Pātītī | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Pātītī Point |
| Pāuareka | te reka o te pāua | Abbey Rocks |
| Pawakataka | kāore e mōhiotia ana | puke e 634m te tiketike kei te upoko o te Redan Stream e mōhiotia ana ko Slopedown Hill |
| Peketā | he pā i whakatūria e Ngāti Māmoe | pā e titiro iho ana ki te wahapū o te Kahutara River |
| Pikikirunga | he hokinga mahara ki te kōrero mō te taniwha a Ngārarahuarau. I te mautanga me te tahuna ki te ahi ka pahū, ka titi ōna unahi ki ngā puke | Pikikirunga / Canaan Downs |
| Pikinoa | pae maunga kei waenga o Upokororo me Te Ana-au | Earl Mountains |
| Pikirakatahi | maunga kei Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana | Mount Earnslaw / Pikirakatahi |
| Pikomamaku | motu tītī kei te rāwhiti o Rakiura | North Island me Womens Island tahi |
| Pīnohia | te whakamahi pīnohi mō te kōhatu wera. Papa o Hīkapu, tētahi riri i whakaekea ai a Ngāti Kuia e Ngāti Toa, e Ngāti Rārua me Te Āti Awa | pā kei Paradise Bay |
| Piopiotahi | te tai matapari nui whakamutunga i hangaia e Tūterakiwhānoa | Milford Sound / Piopiotahi |
| Pireka | mō te kakara ka puta i te tunutunua o te paiaka o te pipi (he momo huruwhenua) | Peraki Bay |
| Piripāua | i taunahatia ki te huhua o te pāua e kapi ana i ngā toka papatahi | Spy Glass Point / Piripāua |
| Piripiri-o-Huataki | he tipu nā te tipuna a Huataki | Piripiri |
| Piri-tūtae-putaputa | i taunahatia ki te riri i waenga i a Ngāi Tūhaitara me Ngāti Kurī | Conway River |
| Poatiri | te taumata tiketike katoa o Kaimata | Mount Charles / Poatiri |
| Pōhatu | he whanga kei te tahatika ki te rāwhiti o Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū | Pōhatu / Flea Bay |
| Pōhaturoa | ara tawhito atu i Māwheranui ki te tuawhenua o Te Waipounamu | Upper Grey River |
| Pokohiwitahi | rangatira o te waka o Araiteuru. E mōhiotia ana anō ko Pākihiwitahi | Horse Range |
| Porangirangi | pā o Poutini Ngāi Tahu i Maitahi | pā kei Bruce Bay |
| Potikōhua | te hopuni me ngā ana i te haerenga atu i Māwhera ki Kawatiri | Fox River |
| Potiritiri | roto kei te pito whakatetonga o Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Lake Poteriteri |
| Pouerua-hāpua | e kōrero ana mō te hāpua | Saltwater Lagoon |
| Pouerua-tāhuna | e kōrero ana mō te tāhuna | Poerua River |
| Poukirikiri | kei te ara wairua o ngā mate o Ngāti Apa e hoki haere ana ki Hawaiki | Poukirikiri / Travers Saddle |
| Poumāhaka | e kōrero ana pea mō ngā ‘pou ka titia ki ngā parenga o te awa ki te hopu pārera’ | Pomahaka River |
| Pounawea | he awa ka rere atu ki te Kuramea | Catlins River |
| Pourangahau | te wāhi i tū ai ‘te pou rangahau’ | Pourangahau / Mount Robert |
| Poutama | i taunahatia ki tētahi tipuna o Ngāi Tahu | Poutama Island |
| Puahiri | he awa ka rere ki te pito whakarunga o Whakatipu Waimāori | Rees River |
| Puāri | kāinga nohoanga, kāinga mahinga kai mō te mahi kai i Ōtākaro me ōna wairepo | kāinga nohoanga kei te Avon River / Ōtakaro, takiwā ki Victoria Square |
| Puāri | he pā, he kāinga nō Ngāti Huikai kei Koukourarata | pā kei Puari (wāhi) |
| Puhikererū | ānō ko te kapua e taipua ana i te maunga me he puhi kererū, te ingoa anō o tētahi tupuna | Mount Furneaux |
| Puhipuhi | kautawa o te Hāpuku | Puhi Puhi River |
| Puhipuhi-takiwai | maunga kei Piopiotahi | Mount Pembroke |
| Puhiwaero | koi kei te tahatika ki te tonga o Rakiura | South West Cape / Puhiwaero |
| Pukahereka | te tauranga waka tārere | Coal Island |
| Pūkaki | he roto i keria e Rākaihautū tipuna o Waitaha | Lake Pukaki |
| Pukekoikoi | puke koikoi, e kōrero ana anō mō tētahi momo tao tino pai mō te whakaharatau | Pukekoikoi Hill |
| Pukekura | i taunahatia ki ētahi toka whero e tūtata mai ana | Dean Hill |
| Pukekura | pā whakahirahira kei runga o Taiaroa Head | pā kei runga o Taiaroa Head |
| Pukenui | puke nui | Anchor Island |
| Pukeone | i kawea ake he one ki tōna tihi hei tahu ahi whakapua | Pukeone / Mount Campbell |
| Pukepōuri | puke pōuri | Calm Peak |
| Pukeraki | e kōrero ana mō te puke | Mount Dick |
| Pukeuri | he wāhi tapu i reira e tākina ana ngā karakia mō te haere i tētahi takiwā ki tētahi | puke iti kei Pukeuri (wāhi) |
| Pukeweka | ingoa wāhi auau te puta i Rakiura | Port Adventure |
| Punatahu | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te weka | kāinga mahinga kai kei Lake Pukaki |
| Punatarakao | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te īnaka | Buchanans Creek |
| Pūponga | ētahi pā e rua o Tūmatakōkiri, he pā tūwatawata tētahi, he kāinga noho tētahi | pā kei te takiwā ki Pūponga (wāhi) |
| Pūrākaunui | he hāpua, he kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna, te kōareare (aka o te raupō ka kainga) me te kōrari | he hāpua o mua i te wahapū o te Hinds River |
| Pūrākaunui | he tūpāpaku e pūkai mai ana pērā i te pū rākau | Pūrākaunui Bay |
| Puramāhoi | he pā nō Ngāi Tara, nō Ngāti Apa | pā kei Puramāhoi (wāhi) |
| Pureora | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Pareora River |
| Pūtātara | pā kei te tahatika ki te raki o Rakiura | Putatara Point |
| Putauhinu | motu tītī kei te tonga-mā-uru o Rakiura | Putauhina Island |
| Pūteawhatiia | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Big Hill Range |
| Rakahuri | kāinga mahinga kai mō te īnaka, te tuna me te mātaitai | Ashley River / Rakahuri |
| Rakai | maunga tohu whenua kei muri o Mahitahi | Mount Hooker |
| Rakaia | ingoa atu i te tahatika ki te komititanga tuatahi | Rakaia River |
| Rakaia-wai-kī | kāinga mahinga kai mō te weka, te kākāpō, te aruhe, me te kāuru (paiaka o te tī) | pito whakarunga o te Rakaia River ki te pūau i te Mathias River |
| Rakaia-wai-pākihi | ara tawhito ka hono i te Mathias Pass ki te Rakaia | Mathias River |
| Rākauroa | te nui o te ngahere o tētahi momo rākau rānei | Rākauroa / Torrent Bay |
| Rākautara | kāinga me te kōawa ki ngā tahatika o Kaikōura | kāinga kei Rakautara (wāhi) |
| Rakawahakura | koutu kei te tonga o Pukeweka | Rakawahakura |
| Rakeāhua | he puke kei runga o Rakiura | Mount Rakeahua |
| Rakiroa | tētahi atua me ōna tāina ko rātou nei ngā tihi tiketike katoa o Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana | Mount Dampier |
| Rakituma | te tai matapari kei te pito whakatetonga rawa i Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Rakituma / Preservation Inlet |
| Rakiura | e kīia ana tōna kōrero ko ‘ngā rangi ura’, ko ōna ingoa kē, a Te Puka-a-Māui me Te Puka-a-Aoraki, e kī ana he puka kē te moutere | Stewart Island / Rakiura |
| Rangitahi | te roto kei ngā hikuwai o Waiautoa | Lake Tennyson |
| Rangitata | ara tawhito me te kāinga mahinga kai mō te ika me te raurēkau | Rangitata River |
| Rangitoto-ki-te-Tonga | te rangi toto (whero), he ingoa nō Hawaiki, nō muri ka āpitihia atu te ‘ki te tonga’ | Rangitoto ki te Tonga / D’Urville Island |
| Rarotoka | he motu hiranga, he whenua pīrere, he wāhi okioki, he tohu whakatere waka | Rarotoka Island |
| Rīpapa | pā nō Taununu i tōia atu ki roto ki te Toheriri Kai Huānga | pā kei runga o Ripapa Island |
| Riuwaka | i taunahatia e Huiterangiora ki te riu e maea ake ai te awa i te poho o te whenua pērā i te wai ka hōpua mai ki te riu o te waka | Riuwaka River |
| Rotoiti | he roto iti | Lake Rotoiti |
| Rotokura | e kōrero ana mō tētahi roto whero i te upoko o te whanga | Rotokura / Cable Bay |
| Rotomaninitua | e kōrero ana mō ngā wairua o ngā mate a Ngāti Apa e kaukau ana e kauhoe ana i te hukarere, i te raumati, i roto i te maunga o Maniniaro | Rotomaninitua / Lake Angelus |
| Roto-nui-a-Whatu | he roto i keria e Rākaihautū tipuna o Waitaha | Lake Tuakitoto |
| Rotopōhueroa | me te pōhue roa te āhua | Rotopōhueroa / Lake Constance |
| Rotoroa | roto roa | Lake Rotoroa |
| Ruakanakana | i keria he rua, he whakaparu mō te hopu kanakana i te hekenga ā-tau | kāinga kei Gibsons Creek, parenga mauī o te Wairau River |
| Ruakanakana | e pā ana ki te kāinga koinei anō te ingoa | Ruakanakana Creek |
| Ruapuke | tētahi o ētahi wāhi e toru i hainatia ai e Ngāi Tahu te Te Tiriti o Waitangi | Ruapuke Island |
| Tahakopa | he awa kei ngā tahatika o Murihiku | Tahakopa River |
| Tāhuna | he tāhuna, he matatāhuna | wāhi kei Glenorchy (wāhi) |
| Tāhuna | he tāhuna, he matatāhuna | kāika kei ngā paenga wai o Queenstown |
| Tahutahi | i taunahatia ki te tipuna a Tahutahi, he awa mahi pounamu anō | Cascade River |
| Taiari | tai matapari kei Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Taiari / Chalky Inlet |
| Taiari | wāhi hiranga mō te mahika kai ki a Kāi Tahu o te rohe | Taieri River |
| Taipaririki | i taunahatia ki a Taipaririki nāna nei i whakairo te kūiti moana | Deep Cove |
| Taiporoporo | i taunahatia ki a Taiporoporo i oma i tētahi riri i Te Hokiauau | Taiporoporo / Charles Sound |
| Taitetimu | i taunahatia ki a Taitetimu i oma i tētahi riri i Te Hokiauau | Taitetimu / Caswell Sound |
| Takahanga | te wāhi i kainga ai e te rangatira o Ngāti Kurī, e Marukaitātea, ngā kai o te pōhā tapu o Tohuraumati e riro mai ai te mana whenua o Kaikōura | pā kei runga pari e titiro iho ana ki Kaikōura |
| Tākaka | he ingoa i heria mai i Hawaiki, e kōrero ana anō mō te tākaka (rarauhe) | Tākaka River |
| Takamana | he roto iti kei te uru o Takapō | Lake Alexandrina |
| Takapō | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te weka | kāinga mahinga kai kei te pito whakatetonga o Lake Tekapo |
| Takapō | te roto i keria e Rākaihautū tipuna o Waitaha tipuna | Lake Tekapo |
| Takapōtaka | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Takapōtaka / Attempt Hill |
| Takapourewa | e kōrero ana mō te pourewarewa (papa whawhai) | Stephens Island / Takapourewa |
| Takataka | te ingoa o te pā me te moutere | pā kei runga o Refuge Island / Takataka |
| Take Kārara | pā me te kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te weka | pā kei te pito whakatetonga o Lake Wānaka |
| Takerehaka | kāore e mōhiotia ana | kāinga kei Kingston (wāhi) |
| Taki-a-Maru | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Taki-a-Maru / Fish Reef |
| Takitimu | i taunahatia ki te waka o Takitimu i tahuri i Te Waewae Bay | Takitimu Mountains |
| Tamatea | tai matapari kei Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Tamatea / Dusky Sound |
| Tapuaenuku | pae maunga kei Ōtākou ki te Uru | Blue Mountains |
| Tapuae-o-Uenuku | te taumata tiketike rawa ki te tuawhenua o te Pae Maunga o Kaikōura | Tapuae-o-Uenuku |
| Tapuae-o-Uenuku | pae maunga i kohia ai te tikumu | Tapuae-o-Uenuku / Hector Mountains |
| Tarahaka Whakatipu | nonoti o Whakatipu | Harris Saddle / Tarahaka Whakatipu |
| Tarahaoa | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru, tāne a Huatekerekere | Mount Peel |
| Tarahau-kapiti | e kōrero ana mō tētahi tihi tiketike e anga atu ana ki te hau | West Dome |
| Tarakaipā | ingoa o tētahi tupuna o nehe i ū mai i runga i te waka tapu o Te Awatea | Tarakaipā Island |
| Tara-māhitihiti | he puke kei Murihiku | Mid Dome |
| Taramakau | pā nō Poutini Ngāi Tahu mō te kauoro pounamu | pā kei te parenga mauī o te wahapū o te Taramakau River |
| Taramakau | ara tawhito atu i Te Tai Poutini kei Kaiapoi, he awa pounamu anō | Taramakau River |
| Taramata | he pā ōnamata nō Rapuwai me Kāti Māmoe | pā kei te wahapū o te Rakaia River |
| Taramea | he ingoa ōnamata ko te taonga te tikanga | Howells Point / Taramea |
| Tara-o-Tama | te tara (koinga) o te tekateka a Tama Ahua | Tara Tama |
| Tauhinu | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna, te aruhe, te kiore me te pākura | kāinga mahinga kai kei te raki o Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora |
| Taumakī | he motu kei te taha tonga o te wahapū o te Awarua | Taumaka Island |
| Taumoana | he koutu tūtata ki Tamatea | Five Fingers Peninsula |
| Taumutu | ‘mutunga o tētahi tau (taukahiwi)’ he ‘whenua taukahiwi teitei’ rānei | kāinga, he pā kei te one ki te tonga-mā-uru o Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora |
| Taupō | he kāinga, he pā ōnamata i Te Waipounamu, he whenua pīrere nō te maha, i pāhuatia e Ngāti Toa c.1825 | pā kei te kūititanga o Taupō Point |
| Tauranga | he ūnga waka, he papa kāinga anō | Tauranga Bay |
| Tautuku | he koutu kei waenga o Makatī me Tahakopa | Tautuku Peninsula |
| Tawera | kāinga mahinga kai mō te kāuru (paiaka o te tī), te kiore, te aruhe me te papaī (karamea) | Mount Thomas |
| Tāwhiriraupō | whāriki mō te hika ahi | Lake Paringa |
| Tāwhirirauti | puke kei Murihiku | Centre Hill |
| Tawhitiwhiti-roro | upoko ki te tonga o Rakituma | Puysegur Point |
| Te Ahi Weka | te tunua o te weka | Prices Harbour |
| Te Ahi-a-Mahuika | te ahi a Mahuika | Franklin Mountains |
| Te Ahi-Kai-Kōura-a-Tama-ki-Te-Raki | ngā ahi i kai kōura ai a Tama-ki-Te-Raki | te takiwā whānui huri noa i Kaikōura |
| Te Ahu Pātiki | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Mount Herbert / Te Ahu Patiki |
| Te Aka Tārewa | ingoa tahi o te pae maunga me te kōawa | pae maunga kei waenga o Lake Benmore me te mārua o te Hakataramea River |
| Te Akaaka | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te kanakana | Saltwater Creek |
| Te Akeroa | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Wangaloa Creek |
| Te Ana-au | he roto i keria e Rākaihautū tipuna o Waitaha | Lake Te Anau |
| Te Ana-a-Wai | te wai e rere ana i te ana | Tengawai River |
| Te Anamāhanga | ētahi whanga e rua, te ūnga atu o Te Huataki i ārahi atu i a Rangitāne ki te takiwā | Te Anamāhanga / Port Gore |
| Te Ara-a-Kiwa | te ara a Kiwa, e kīia ana anō ko Te Ara-a-Kewa | Foveaux Strait |
| Te Ara-ruahine-wai | e kī ana kia ‘arahina atu mātou i te tuawhenua ki Te Tai-o-Aorere’, e kōrero ana mō te whakatapu i te whakamoea o ngā hapū e haere ai i runga i te haumaru i te pai | takiwā ki te pūau o te Motueka River Right Branch me Maitland Creek |
| Te Aumiti - Te Aumiro-o-te-Kawau-a-Toru | te au horomi i a Te Kawau-o-Toru, i taunahatia e Kupe i te toremitanga o te kawau kaitiaki a tana tamāhine | Te Aumiti / French Pass |
| Te Au-nui-pihapiha-kanakana | e rongonui ana mō te nui o te kanakana | Mataura Falls |
| Te Awa Aruhe | mō te aruhe | Hopkins River |
| Te Awa Kōkōmuka | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te pātiki | kāinga mahinga kai kei te raki o te wahapū o te Waitaki River |
| Te Awa Whakamau | kāinga mahinga kai mō te aruhe me te manu | Tasman River |
| Te Awa Whakatipu | te awa o Whakatipu | Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu |
| Te Awa-a-Takatamira | kautawa o te Takapō | Cass River |
| Te Awamāeroero | e kōrero ana mō te māeroero (he atua) | Lochy River |
| Te Awamakarara | kāinga mahinga kai mō te weka, te kākāpō, te kāuru (paiaka o te tī), te aruhe me te tuna | Young River |
| Te Awamako | kāinga mahinga kai mō te aruhe me te tuna | Awamoko Stream |
| Te Awa-o-Tū | te whanga i hangaia e Tūterakiwhānoa | Te Awa-o-Tū / Thompson Sound |
| Te Awaure | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te weka | Jollie River |
| Te Hakapupu | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna, te pātiki me te īnaka | Pleasant River |
| Te Hakapūreirei | kūrae kei te uru o Te Waewae Bay | Sand Hill Point |
| Te Hāpua | e kōrero ana mō te tai matapari rite ki te hāpua nunui te āhua | Te Hāpua / Sutherland Sound |
| Te Hāpua Waikawa | te wai kawa | Lake Lyndon |
| Te Hoiere | te hoiere (hoihere), te ingoa o te waka ko Matuahautere tōna rangatira i kawe mai i a Ngāti Kuia ki te takiwā | Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere |
| Te Hoiere | te hoiere (hoihere), te ingoa o te waka ko Matuahautere tōna rangatira i kawe mai i a Ngāti Kuia ki te takiwā | Te Hoiere / Pelorus River |
| Te Hōkai | kūrae kei te pito whakateraki o Te Hokiauau | Awarua Point |
| Te Hokiauau | i taunahatia ki tētahi tipuna o Waitaha me Kāti Hāwea | Big Bay |
| Te Hora | te hora whānui, he pā nō Ngāti Kuia | pā kei te take Tūtūmāpou Hill, tauaro ki Canvastown |
| Te Horo | maunga kei Rakituma | Treble Mountain |
| Te Horokōau | o ngā maunga katoa o Aotearoa me Te Waipounamu tuarua ana tōna tiketike | Mount Tasman |
| Te Hororātā | kāinga mahinga kai mō te kāuru (paiaka o te tī), te aruhe me te tuna | Hororata River |
| Te Houhou | he tai matapari kei waenga o Hāwea me Taitetimu | Te Houhou / George Sound |
| Te Ihutai | he kāinga mahinga kai hiranga mō te tuna, te manu wai māori me te mātaitai | Estuary of the Heathcote and Avon Rivers / Ihutai |
| Te Iwi-o-Pātea | te iwi o Pātea | Command Peak |
| Te Kai-a-te-atua | kāinga o Kāti Hāteatea i te Waihao | kāinga kei te wahapū o te Waihao River |
| Te Kaihīnaki | ngā hue me ngā tahā o te waka o Araiteuru | Moeraki Boulders / Kaihinaki |
| Te Kāika-o-Niho | te kāika o Niho | Looking Glass Bay |
| Te Kākahu-o-Tamatea | te kākahu o Tamatea | Chalky Island |
| Te Karoro | i taunahatia ki te karoro | Willsher Bay |
| Te Kauparenui | te kauparenga (wawaenga) nunui, e kōrero ana mō ngā rū i hangaia ai te Rotoiti, nāwai ka tāraia ko te awa | Te Kauparenui / Gowan River |
| Te Kiekie | tipuna o runga i te waka o te Araiteuru | Mount Somers |
| Te Kirikiri | mō te kirikiri | kāinga kei Frankton (wāhi) |
| Te Kōhai | i taunahatia ki te kōwhai | Mary Burn |
| Te Kohurau | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Kurow Hill / Te Kohurau |
| Te Koko-a-Kupe | te koko i tīkakuhia mai e Kupe | Te Koko-o-Kupe / Cloudy Bay |
| Te Kopi-o-Ōpihi | ara tawhito atu i Arowhenua ki Te Manahuna | Burkes Pass |
| Te Kōwhai | kāinga tawhito i Te Ana-au | kāinga kei te raki o Te Anau |
| Te Kurī-a-Kōpūwai | te kurī a Kōpūwai | Stuart Mountains |
| Te Makatipua | kāinga mahinga kai mō te weka, te tuna me te tutu | Otamatapaio River |
| Te Mamaku | mō te momo huruwhenua, he pā nō Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō me Tūmatakōkiri | pā kei te take o te Kina Peninsula ki te raki-mā-rāwhiti o Tasman (wāhi) |
| Te Manahuna | kāinga mahinga kai rongonui o te iwi mō te weka me te tuna | Mackenzie Basin |
| Te Manahuna | ara tawhito atu i Arowhenua ki Te Manahuna | Mackenzie Pass / Manahuna |
| Te Mārua | te mārua, pā matua o Ngāti Kōata tae noa ki te c.1848 | pā kei Kidnap Point |
| Te Matau | te matau a Māui, e kōrero ana mō te whanga katoa, ko te wāhanga ānau ko Matau | Separation Point / Te Matau |
| Te Māwherataka-o-kā-kuwhā-o-Tūterakiwhānoa | ka whakaroahia ake ki ngā kūwhā o Tūterakiwhānoa | āputa kei te matuaiwi i tētahi taha, i tētahi taha o te Grey River / Māwheranui |
| Te Miko | te miko (rito) o te nīkau | Perpendicular Point |
| Te Mimi-o-Moki-parawaka | ingoa e pā ana ki a Moki, tama a Tūāhuriri | Omihi Stream |
| Te Mimi-o-Tūterakiwhānoa | e kōrero ana mō Tūterakiwhānoa i waihanga i ngā tai matapari o Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | te tahatika o te Fiordland, tae atu ki nga tai matapari |
| Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa | te moana nui a Kiwa | South Pacific Ocean |
| Te Moana-o-Nohorua | te roto (moana) o Nohorua | Lake Ada |
| Te Moana-o-Raukawa | i āraia e te hunga whakawhiti i te moana nei ō rātou karu ki te raukawa, te rau o te kawakawa kia kore ai e kite i ngā motu tapu o Ngā Whatukaiponu kei tūpono oho a Te Wheke | Cook Strait |
| Te Moana-tāpokopoko-a-Tāwhaki | te moana ki te tonga | Southern Ocean |
| Te Moeka-o-Tuawe | te moenga o Tuawe | Fox Glacier / Te Moeka o Tuawe |
| Te Motuweka | wāhi motu (mōriroriro) o te weka | pā kei Havelock |
| Te Ōmama | i taunahatia ki te tipuna ki a Te Ōmama | Mount Solitary |
| Te Oneroa | te one roa | Mason Bay |
| Te Paekāi | kāinga mahinga kai mō te weka, te kākāpō, te kea, te aruhe me te kāuru (paiaka o te tī) | kāinga mahinga kai kei te taha o te Makarora River i Makarora (wāhi) |
| Te Pākeka | he whenua kua pākeka (tītōhea) i ngā mahi ahuwhenua | Maud Island ko Te Hoiere rānei |
| Te Papa | he kupu whakamārama, te papa hoki o ētahi pā ōnamata e rua | pari kei ngā tahatika i Tasman (wāhi) ki Moutere Bluff |
| Te Papanui | he pae maunga kei Central Otago | Lammermoor Range |
| Te Papanui-o-Tū | te papa nui o Tūterakiwhānoa | Mount Clerke |
| Te Papapuni | tētahi wāhanga o te ara tawhito i waenga o Murihiku me te Kawarau | Nevis River |
| Te Paparoa | e pātata ana te papa o te riri whakamtunga o waenga i a Ngāti Wairangi me Ngāi Tahu | Paparoa Range |
| Te Parinui-o-Whiti | paenga whakateraki o te takiwā ki a Ngāi Tahu i te tahatika rāwhiti | White Bluffs / Te Parinui o Whiti |
| Te Paruparu | ngā wai paruparu | Forsyth Island / Te Paruparu |
| Te Paruparu | puahatanga o Kaparatehau | Te Paruparu |
| Te Paruparu-a-Te-Kaunia | kāinga mahinga kai mō te manu wai māori | Great Moss Swamp |
| Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū | te pātaka o Rākaihautū | Banks Peninsula |
| Te Poho-o-Kuia | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Cullen Point |
| Te Poho-o-Rakitāmau | maunga tūtata ki Ōmārama | Mount Saint Cuthbert |
| Te Poho-o-Tairea | motu tītī kei te tahatika tonga-mā-uru o Rakiura | Big Island |
| Te Pohotārewa | tai matapari kei te tonga rawa o Te Ana-au | South Fiord |
| Te Pou-a-Taikino | te pou te tohu rānei a Taikino | Alligator Head |
| Te Puaitaha | he tai matapari iti kei te raki o Tamatea | Te Puaitaha / Breaksea Sound |
| Te Puhi-a-noa | pae maunga i Te Ana-au | Murchison Mountains |
| Te Puhituia | i taunahatia ki a Te Puhituia tipuna wahine o Ngāi Tahu | tētahi o ngā Llawrenny Peaks |
| Te Puna-a-Maru | tauraka waka me te kāinga hoki o Te Huruhuru rangatira o Ngāi Tahu | kāinga kei ngā parenga katau o te Waitaki River |
| Te Punawai Pā | pā tawhito o Ngāti Kōata i taunahatia ki te puna wai | pā tauaro ki Haulashore Island |
| Te Rā | tai matapari kei Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Te Rā / Dagg Sound |
| Te Rae-o-Te-Kōhaka | i te whakahipatanga a Hinerongo o Ngāti Māmoe i konei i te mauhanga ōna i a Ngāti Kurī, ka karanga ia ki te mātārae nei | Cape Campbell |
| Te Raka-a-Hineatea | wāhi o ētahi riri maha, ko te whakamutunga i waenga i a Taoka me Te Wera | pā kei Kātiki Point |
| Te Rakihuitahi | he ingoa tipuna | Mount Longsight |
| Te Rangiwhaitiri | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te īnaka | kāinga mahinga kai ki te raki o te wahapū o te Waitaki River |
| Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa | te rāpaki o Te Rakiwhakaputa | Te Rāpaki-o-Te Rakiwhakaputa (wāhi) |
| Te Rau | he puke kei te pito whakateraki o Te Ana-au | Foliage Hill |
| Te Rau | pae maunga kei Murihiku | Garvie Mountains |
| Te Rereka-o-Māui | te rerenga o Māui | Te Rereka-o-Māui |
| Te Riu-o-Te-Aika-Kawa | kāinga mahinga kai mō te pātiki me te mātaitai | Brooklands Lagoon |
| Te Ruahikihiki | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna | Lake Selfe |
| Te Ruahine | mātārae ki te rāwhiti o Akaroa | Te Ruahine Point |
| Te Ruakanakana | kāinga o Te Rākaitauheke rangatira o Ngāti Kurī | Lake Elterwater |
| Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | e rua ngā whakamārama, ko tētahi ka kōrero mō te hanganga o Te Rua-o-te-Moko, ko tētahi mō ngā rua i keria e Tamatea ki te mahi wai ngārahu mō te tā mōko | Fiordland |
| Te Ruataniwha | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Ben Ohau |
| Te Ruatūpāpaku | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Mount Royal |
| Te Tai Poutini | te tahatika o Poutini | ngā tahatika o Westland |
| Te Tai-o-Aorere | ngā tai rere | Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere |
| Te Tai-o-Araiteuru | te tahatika o te waka o te Araiteuru | te tahatika o Ōtākou |
| Te Tai-o-Mahaanui | te tahatika o Mahaanui (te waka o Māui) | te tahatika o Canterbury |
| Te Tai-o-Marokura | te tahatika o Marokura | te tahatika o Kaikōura |
| Te Tai-o-Rehua | te moana o Rehua (te whetū hoki o Rehua) | Tasman Sea |
| Te Taitapu | te moana tapu te tai tapu rānei | tahatika atu i Kahurangi Point ki Farewell Spit |
| Te Taonui-a-Kupe | te tao nui a Kupe | Cape Jackson |
| Te Tara-o-Te-Marama | i ōna wā o te tau ka whai te aranga ake o te marama i ngā auroro o te maunga | Te Tara-o-Te-Marama / Mount Freeth |
| Te Tari-a-Te-Kaumira | te pae maunga o Te Kaumira | The Hunters Hills |
| Te Tari-o-Mauka-Atua | te pae maunga o Mauka Atua | Ben Ohau Range |
| Te Taumanu-o-Te-Waka-a-Māui | te wāhi i hīia ake ai e Māui Te Ika-a-Māui | Kaikōura Peninsula |
| Te Timu-o-te-ure-o-Te-Kaha | kūrae kei te tahatika whakateraki o Rakiura | Saddle Point |
| Te Umu Kaha | e rua ngā whakamārama ka kōrerohia mō ngā ‘ripo i te awa’ me te ‘umu nui mō te tunu kāuru (paiaka o te tī)’ | Temuka River |
| Te Upoko-o-Rākaitauheke | kāinga o Ngāi Tahu i te taha o te Pūroto i Waimātaitai o mua | kāinga kei Māori Park i Timaru |
| Te Upoko-o-Taepu | pito whakateraki o Te Oneroa | Mason Head |
| Te Upoko-o-Tahumatā | i taunahatia ki a Tahumatā tipuna o Ngāi Tahu i noho, i pakanga i Te Matau-a-Māui | maunga e 525m te teitei kei te uru-mā-raki o Little River (wāhi) |
| Te Waewae | i taunahatia ki te rangatira o te tonga i noho ki te whanga | Te Waewae Bay |
| Te Wāhitauā | i taunahatia ki te taua i mate ki te ū mai ki te motu | Bench Island |
| Te Wai-a-Kohe | kāinga mahinga kai mō te weka | Irishman Creek |
| Te Waihora | te hora o te wai, e mōhiotia ana anō ko Te Kete-Ika-a-Rākaihautū | Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora |
| Te Waikākahi | i taunahatia ki te kākahi | Waikakahi Stream |
| Te Waikoropupū | te wai koropupū, kāinga o te kaitiaki a Huriawa māna nei e ariari ai ngā wai | Te Waikoropupū River |
| Te Wai-o-Hinetū | te wai o Hinetū | Lake Wilmot |
| Te Waipounamu | ngā wai o te pounamu | Te Waipounamu or South Island |
| Te Waituna | i taunahatia ki ngā tuna | West Cape |
| Te Wehenga | te wehenga o ētahi awa e rua | Fox River me te Cook River / Weheka i raro mai o tō rāua pūau |
| Te Wehi-a-Te-Wera | te wehi a Te Wera | pā kei The Neck (kūititanga) |
| Te Whakaaro-o-Ruru | i taunahatia ki a Te Kōhaka-o-Ruru i āwhina i a Tūterakiwhānoa ki te tārai i ngā tai matapari o Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Mount Talbot |
| Te Whaka-a-Te-Wera | te whanga o Te Wera | Paterson Inlet / Whaka a Te Wera |
| Te Whaka-a-timuraki | te whanga o Timuraki | Gates Harbour |
| Te Whanganui | te hora whānui (o te wai) | Big Lagoon |
| Te Whanganui | te hora whānui (o te wai) | Te Whanganui / Port Underwood |
| Tekimoka | maunga kei Kōtukuwhakaoka | Mount Te Kinga |
| Terewhata | kautawa o te Arawhata | Jackson River |
| Tiā | motu tītī kei waho atu o te tahatika ki te rāwhiti o Rakiura | Tia Island / Entrance |
| Tihaka | he momo kete, whāriki rānei | Pig Island |
| Tīmaru | tauraka waka mō te mōkihi he kāinga mahinga kai anō mō te tuna me te weka | Tīmaru River |
| Timutimu | mātārae ki te uru o Akaroa | Timutimu Head |
| Tioripātea | ara tawhito atu i Te Tai Poutini ki Wānaka | Haast Pass / Tioripatea |
| Titiroa | e kōrero ana mō te mata roa mā o te maunga e rite nei ki te makatiti kōhatu mō te tua rākau | Mount Titiroa |
| Tititara | mō te tītī | Tititira Head |
| Tititea | i taunahatia ki tētahi tipuna o Waitaha | Mount Aspiring / Tititea |
| Tokangawhā | toka ngawhā, he tohu paenga mā Ngāti Tama me Te Atiawa | Tokangawhā / Split Apple Rock |
| Tokatā | kūrae kei te pito whakateraki o ngā Catlins | Nugget Point |
| Tokomairaro | he awa kei Te Tai-o-Araiteuru | Tokomairaro River |
| Tokomaru | i taunahatia ki tētahi tihi maunga i Hawaiki, e kōrero ana mō te toko o tētahi maru e whakamarumaru ana i te Wairau | Tokomaru / Mount Robertson |
| Tonga | he wāhanga noa pea te Tonga o tētahi ingoa taketake roa ake | Tonga Island |
| Tōtara | he awa kei waenga o Hokitika me Mikonui | Tōtara River |
| Tōtara | kōawa kei te tonga o Ōkari | Tōtara River |
| Tōtara Kaimaka | tipuna o runga i te waka o Araiteuru | Benmore Range |
| Tōtaranui | te nui te maha rānei o te tōtara | Queen Charlotte Sound / Tōtaranui |
| Tuahiwi | te hiwi ki tua, i taunahatia ki te hiwi kei waenga o Kaiapoi me Rangiora | Tuahiwi (wāhi) |
| Tuapeka | kautawa o te Mata-au | Tuapeka River |
| Tuhiraki | kō a Rākaihautū i keria ai ngā roto o Te Waipounamu | Bossu |
| Tūhua | i taunahatia ki tērā o ngā Tūhua kei Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi | Tūhua |
| Tunaheketaka | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna | te roto me ngā wairepo o mua i te Taieri River i te rāwhiti o Waipiata (wāhi) |
| Tuparu-tūtae | whanga kei te tahatika ki te uru o Rakiura | Easy Harbour |
| Turihuka | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna, te raupō me te weka | kāinga mahinga kai kei Dingle Lake, Lake Hāwea |
| Turimokomoko | kūrae kei te tonga o Makatī | The Brothers Point |
| Tūtaekawetoweto | he awa kei Rakiura | Lords River / Tūtaekawetoweto |
| Tūtaekurī | kautawa o te Ahaura | Tūtaekurī River |
| Tūtoko | i taunahatia ki a Tūtoko rangatira o Ngāi Tahu | Mount Tūtoko |
| Tūtūmāpou | he tūtū i te māpou, e kōrero ana mō te nui o te kererū e kai ana i te maunga | Tūtūmāpou Hill |
| Tuturau | pae maunga kei waenga o Moturau me Manokīwai | Hunter Mountains |
| Tuturau | kāinga o Ngāi Tahu kei te Mataura | Tuturau (wāhi) |
| Tūwairua | i taunahatia ki tētahi tipuna o Waitaha | Hyperia |
| Tūwata | kūrae kei te tahatika ki te raki o Mata-au | Coal Point |
| Tūwharewhare | he whare kei runga parenga teitei | Mahināpua Creek / Tūwharewhare |
| Upokororo | i taunahatia ki te upokororo o Aotearoa kua wharengaro, he ika iti he ika tōhihi | Eglinton River |
| Upokotauia | e mōhiotia ana anō ko Hāwea | Hunter River |
| Wahapako | tamāhine a Kārito, tuahine o Māpouriki | Lake Wahapo |
| Waianakarua | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna, te kanakana, te īnaka me te aruhe | Waianakarua River |
| Waiāniwaniwa | te wāhi i herea ai te waka o Tairea | Ten Mile Creek / Waianiwaniwa |
| Waiāniwaniwa | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna, te pipiki (momo ika), te weka me te koreke (kua wharengaro) | Waianiwaniwa River |
| Waiareka | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna, te īnaka me te māunu | Waiareka Creek |
| Waiariari | i taunahatia ki te ariari o te wai | Hook River |
| Waiau | te au kaha | Waiau River |
| Waiau | te au kaha | Waiho River |
| Waiau Uwha | awa e kaha ana te au (uwha) | Waiau Uwha River |
| Waiautoa | awa e kaha ana te au (toa) | Waiau Toa / Clarence River |
| Waihao | i taunahatia ki te hao (momo tuna) | Waihao River |
| Waiharakeke | kōawa o te harakeke | Flaxbourne River |
| Waiharakeke | kōawa o te harakeke | Lill Burn |
| Waihemo | kāinga whakahirahira i te wahapū o te Waihemo | kāinga kei te parenga matau o te wahapū o Waihemo / Shag River |
| Waihemo | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna, te īnaka, te pātiki, te raupō me te aruhe | Waihemo / Shag River |
| Waihī | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna | Waihī River |
| Waihopai | te awa ka rere i ngā mānia o Murihiku | Waihopai River |
| Waihōpai | te tangi pai o te wairere te kōawa kirikiri rānei | Waihōpai River |
| Waihora | te wai ka hora | Lake Waihola |
| Waiiti | kōawa iti | Wai-iti River |
| Waikākahi | pā i whakatūria e Tūtekawa | pā kei te tapa rāwhiti o Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora |
| Waikākahi | i taunahatia ki te kākahi | Waikaka Stream |
| Waikārapi | mō tētahi raupapa ahuriri, kārapi mō te hopu ika me te manu | Waikārapi Lagoon |
| Waikawa | wai kawa, he pā nō Te Ātiawa | pā kei Waikawa (wāhi) |
| Waikēkēwai | i taunahatia ki te kēkēwai (kōura wai māori) | Waikekewai Creek |
| Waikirikiri | mō te kirikiri | Selwyn River / Waikirikiri |
| Waikirikiri | mō te kirikiri | Waikerikeri Creek |
| Waikōau | i taunahatia ki te kōau | Waikōau River |
| Waikoikoi | kautawa o te Poumāhaka | Waikoikoi Creek |
| Waikōtuku | i taunahatia ki te kōtuku | Seaforth River |
| Waikōuaiti | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna, te īnaka, te pātiki me te mātaitai | Waikouaiti River |
| Waikūkūpa | i taunahatia ki te kūkūpa (kererū) | Waikūkūpa River |
| Waikutakuta | wāhi o te kutakuta, he kāinga nunui, he mahinga hoki. E pā kē ana pea ki tētahi tārainga matawhenua i te whanga | kāinga e titiro iho ana ki Waikutakuta / Robin Hood Bay |
| Waimā | i taunahatia ki ngā pākeho mā i te whaiawa | Waima River |
| Waimakariri | wai makariri | Waimakariri River |
| Waimangaroa | awa kei te raki o Kawatiri | Waimangaroa River |
| Waimatemate | e kōrero ana mō te rere matemate o te awa | Waimate Creek |
| Waimatuku | te awa ka rere i ngā Mānia o Murihiku | Waimatuku Stream |
| Waimaunu | hongere o te manu whakamāunu | Broughton Arm |
| Waimeha | te pā o Tūmatakōkiri me āna mahinga whānui, i whakaekea e Ngāti Toa i ngā tau 1820 | he pā, he kāinga ka rere i ētahi papa maha i te taha whakararo o te Waimea River, ko te papa matua kei Appleby School |
| Waimeha | waimeha (makiha) | Waimea River |
| Waimeha | i taunahatia ki a Waimeha i Te Waewae Bay te wāhi i tahuri ai te waka o Takitimu | Waimea Stream |
| Waimumu | kautawa o te Mataura | Waimumu Stream |
| Wainaua | whanga kei te tahatika ki te uru o Rakiura | Doughboy Bay |
| Wainono | mō te wai mātahetahe, e kōrero ana mō te huhua o te puna i te pūroto | Wainono Lagoon |
| Waione | kōawa kei te one | Awarua River |
| Waipapa | pā nō Ngāti Māmoe i pāhorotia e Ngāti Kurī | pā kei te tonga o te wahapū o Waiau Toa / Clarence River |
| Waipapa | wai papatahi | Slope Point |
| Waipara | awa kei te raki o Kōwai | Waipara River |
| Waipārera | pūroto o te pārera | Waituna Lagoon |
| Waipōuri | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te manu wai māori | Lake Waipori |
| Wairau | kōawa maha | Wairau River |
| Wairaurahiri | ka rere i te Hauroko ki te moana | Wairaurāhiri River |
| Wairewa | he roto rongonui mō te tuna i kokorahotia e Makō rangatira o Kāti Kurī | Lake Forsyth / Wairewa |
| Wairoa | he wai roa te rere | rerenga o te Waiau River i waenga o Lake Te Anau me Lake Manapouri |
| Wairoa | he kōawa roa | Wairoa River |
| Wairua-ā-pō | kāinga mahinga kai mō te weka | Rough Ridge |
| Waitaha | awa pātata ki Awarua | Waita River |
| Waitaha | i taunahatia ki tētahi tangata i tau atu ki reira | Waitaha River |
| Waitāhuna | kautawa o te Mata-au | Waitāhuna River |
| Waitakere | he awa e hōhonu ana tōna takere | Waitakere or Nile River |
| Waitaki | awa aporei o Kāi Tahu whānui, he rite tonu te kīia ko Kā Roimata-o-Aoraki | Waitaki River |
| Waitangi | kāinga o Taetae rangatira o Ngāi Tahu | pā kei te wahapū o te Waitangitāhuna River |
| Waitangitāhuna | e tangi ana ki te wai māna | Waitangitāhuna River |
| Waitarakao | i whakatū hōpuni ngā whānau o Arowhenua i konei haere he tau ki te mahi tuna | Washdyke Lagoon |
| Waitāwhiri | ara tawhito atu i Noti Raureka ki te Awa o Rakaia | Wilberforce River |
| Waitete | kāinga mahinga kai mō te aruhe, te kāuru (paiaka o te tī), te harakeke me te tuna | Waitati River |
| Waitohi | kautawa o te Hurunui | Waitohi River |
| Waitohi | wāhi i pākia ai te pakihiwi katau o te toa ki te peka karamū kua toua ki te awa ki te tohi i a rātou | Waitohi River |
| Waitoto | i taunahatia ki tētahi tipuna | Waiatoto River |
| Waitūi | ka toru wā e noho whenua pīrere ana, inā noa nei i a Tūmatakōkiri | pā kei te taha rāwhiti o Titirangi Bay |
| Waituna | i taunahatia ki te tuna | Waituna Bay |
| Waituna | i taunahatia ki te tuna | Waituna Creek |
| Waitutu | awa kei te pito whakatetonga o Te Rua-o-Te-Moko | Waitutu River |
| Waiwaiata | he kōawa ka rere ki te Moturau | Iris Burn |
| Waiwhakaata | he wai ka whakaata | Lake Hayes |
| Waiwhio | awa o te whio | Irwell River |
| Wānaka | tā te tonga kupu mō te wānanga | Lake Wānaka |
| Wāwāhi Waka | ingoa o te roto me tētahi motu i Whakatipu Waimāori | Lake Alabaster / Wāwāhi Waka |
| Wāwāhi Waka | ingoa o te motu me Lake Alabaster | Pigeon Island / Wāwāhi Waka |
| Weherua | whanga kei Te Ana-au | Middle Fiord |
| Whakaari | pae maunga tūtata ki Whakatipu Waimāori | Richardson Mountains |
| Whakakea | awa ka rere ki te Hāwea | Dingle Burn |
| Whakamārama | e mārama ana te kitea atu, e mārama pū ana rānei ngā kōrero mōna | Wakamarama Range |
| Whakamarino | wai marino e hora mai ana | Wakamarina River |
| Whakamatau | roto i keria e Rākaihautū tipuna o Waitaha | Lake Coleridge |
| Whakamoa | kāinga ōnamata o Te Ruahikihiki i mua i te noho rarau ki Taumutu | Whakamoa Bay |
| Whakanui | kāinga nohoanga tuatahi he wai māori i te ara tawhito ki te tonga o Rakaia | kāinga nohoanga kei te wahapū o Wakanui Creek |
| Whakanui | kāinga mahinga kai mō te kiore, te manu, te aruhe me te waharoa (momo ika) | Wakanui Creek |
| Whakanui | i taunahatia ki tētahi tangata | Wanganui River |
| Whakaoma | maunga kei Murihiku | Ship Cone / Ōtaupiri |
| Whakapapakura | pae maunga kei Murihiku | Taringatura Hills |
| Whakapoai | awa kei te raki o Awarua | Whakapohai River |
| Whakapoāi | te tangi a te kiwi uwha | Heaphy River |
| Whakapuaka | whanga o puaka, pā o Ngāti Kuia i pāhuatia e Ngāti Toa me ōna haumi i te 1833 | Delaware Bay |
| Whakarari | whanga kei te tahatika ki te rāwhiti o Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū | Lavericks Bay |
| Whakaraupō | whanga raupō | Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō |
| Whakarimu | whanga kei te tahatika ki te rāwhiti o Te Pātaka-o-Rākaihautū | Fishermans Bay |
| Whakaroa | whanga roa | Little Akaloa Bay |
| Whakatipu | kāinga mahinga kai mō te tuna me te weka | Twizel River |
| Whakatipu Waimāori | Whakatipu wai māori | Lake Wakatipu |
| Whakatipu Waitai | tētahi o ngā kāinga nui katoa o Ngāi Tahu i te rohe | kāinga kei Martins Bay |
| Whakatipu Waitai | ingoa o te roto me Martins Bay | Lake McKerrow / Whakatipu Waitai |
| Whakatipu Waitai | Whakatipu wai tai | Martins Bay |
| Whakatipu-ka-tuku | ara tawhito atu i Whakatipu Waimāori ki Whakatipu Waitai | Hollyford River / Whakatipu Kā Tuka |
| Whakatoetoe | i taunahatia ki te tipuna ki a Toetoe | Toitoi Bay |
| Whakatōrea | whanga o te tōrea | Akatore Creek |
| Whakatū | te toko ake kia tū | wāhi whānui o te taone nui o Nelson |
| Whanganui | awa pātata ki Kakara Taramea | Little Wanganui River |
| Whanganui | ngā wai hora whānui | Whanganui Inlet |
| Whangapeka | ko te whanga he wai e hora mai ana, ko te peka he manga o te awa | Wangapeka River |
| Whangarae | whanga anganga rā, he ingoa nō Hawaiki | Croisilles Harbour |
| Wharanui | he momo harakeke | taha takutai i Wharanui (wāhi) |
| Wharariki | mō te momo harakeke | Greville Harbour / Wharariki |
| Whareakeake | pā me te kāinga mahinga kai kei te rāwhiti o Pūrākaunui | pā kei te one o Whareakeake |
| Whareātea | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Whareātea Bay |
| Wharehunga | whare kua hinga, i konei a Ngāti Ira e tūtaki ana ki a Cook, nō muri iho ki a Bellingshausen | pā i te upoko o Wharehunga Bay |
| Wharekō | te whanga tuatahi ki te tonga o Piopiotahi | Transit Beach |
| Wharepapa | e kīia ana he tupuna, te hononga taha tuku iho, taha wairua ki te ao tūroa | Wharepapa / Arthur Range |
| Whataroa | he whata roa | Whataroa River |
| Whenua Hou | kāinga nō nehe, he pekanga hiranga ki te hunga haere ki te mahi tītī i ngā Motu Tītī | Codfish Island / Whenua Hou |
| Whimiahoa | awa ka rere atu i Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana ki Takapō | Godley River |
| Whiringahau | pā nō nehe | pā kei te takiwā ki Tuamarina (wāhi) |
| Whitiaka-te-rā | ‘te whitianga o te rā’, i taunahatia e Tamatea i a rātou ko tana tira haere e noho puni ana i konei | he wāhi e pātata ana ki View Hill |
Rēkoku | Wharekauri (Chatham Islands)
| Ingoa | Kōrero | Ingoa o nāianei whakamārama rānei |
|---|---|---|
| Ahuru | te hone moana | Ahuru (Eastern Reef) |
| Hakepa | ko te hā te hau rānei te tikanga o ha engari kāore e mōhiotia ana te horopaki. He wāhi karakia hiranga | Hakepa |
| Hāpūpū | he uru kōpi/karaka hiranga, he kāinga, he urupā Moriori he papa rākau momori | Hāpūpū |
| Hemokawa | ko te matekai, te hauaitu, te aha atu te tikanga o te hemo engari kāore e mōhiotia ana te horopaki | Mount Diffenbach (Hemokawa) |
| Hokorereoro | Rangatira | haruru ana te tini whāioio manu tai i te rerenga | kāore e mōhiotia ana | South East Island (Rangatira) |
| Kaimātaotao | pā o Ngāti Tama i whakapaea e Ngāti Mutunga i te 1840 | pā kei te parenga matau i te wahapū o te Nairn River |
| Kaingaroa | Rātā | kāinga o Ngāti Tama | kāinga Moriori | Kaingaroa |
| Kekerione | mō te kēkē, e kōrero ana pea mō te āhua o te motu | Long Beach |
| Kohanga-ta-ra | Ko Whakahewa | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Te Whakahewa / The Horns |
| Manauea | he tipuna a Mana engari kāore e mōhiotia ana te horopaki | Manauea (one) |
| Māngere | Maung’ Rē | kāore e mōhiotia ana | maunga rā | Mangere Island |
| Matawhenua | e kōrero ana mō te āhua o te mata o te whenua | te tapatai ki te rāwhiti kei te raki o te Hikurangi Channel |
| Momoe-a-Toa | wāhi okioki, wāhi moe rānei a te toa, i te rerenga a te toa, a Tchoro ki te rua pehu i muri o tana patu i tētahi kia mate | te kūrae ki te tonga-mā-uru o Cape Young |
| Motchu Hara | Motuhara | motu uaua, e kōrero ana pea mō ngā haerenga ki te patu manu | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Motuhara (Bertier or the Forty Fours) |
| Motchu Hopo | Motuhope | motu o te toroa | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Star Keys (Motuhope) |
| Motuhinahina | motu o te hina, e kōrero ana pea mō te kekeno mō tērā momo rānei o te hau kāinga, te māhoe | Motuhinahina Island |
| Ōhinepapa | e kōrero ana mō tētahi tipuna, he pā pōhatu mō te taputapu pōhatu | papa kei te tonga-mā-uru o Waitangi tauaro ki Heaphy Shoal |
| Ōnoua | he ingoa tipuna | te whanga i Flower Pot (Onoua) (wāhi) |
| Orokonga | whakakoinga toki, he wāhi i oro taputapu pōhatu te Moriori | Glory Bay |
| Ouenga | Owenga | he ingoa tipuna | kāore e mōhiotia ana | kāinga kei Owenga (wāhi) |
| Pana | he ingoa tipuna | Pana / Blind Jims Creek |
| Pohauta | te anga whakatetonga | Ocean Bay |
| Pūhina | i taunahatia ki te rite ōna ki te kanohi kekeno ina titiro kōtaha atu | Puhina |
| Rakitchu | Rangitūtahi | mō tētahi o te whānau ariki | whenua tuatahi ka kitea ina ahu atu i te uru-mā-raki | The Sisters (Rangitatahi) |
| Rangiauria | e kōrero tonu ana pea mō tētahi ingoa ōnamata nō Poronīhia ki te Rāwhiti, e rite ana ki a Rai-aotea te pūtakenga mai. Tērā anō pea ko te ingoa o tētahi waka nunui i tōia me ētahi atu waka ki muri o Rodney ki te hanga pūtere i te 1835 | Rangiauria Point |
| Rangiauria | Rangihaute | ingoa o te kūrae i te tonga-mā-uru koia anō te ingoa o te motu | rangi pūkohu | Pitt Island (Rangiauria) |
| Rangihokopoi | e kōrero ana mō te āhua o te pōkare o te wai | Rangihokopoi / Western Reef |
| Rangiwheao | he ingoa tipuna pea | The Castle (Rangiwheau) |
| Rēkohu | Wharekauri | rā pūkohu | he ingoa tupuna ko te ingoa o tētahi pā ōnamata i te raki o Taranaki, ngā mea e rua rānei | Chatham Island |
| Rēkohu | Wharekauri | rā pūkohu | he ingoa tupuna ko te ingoa rānei o tētahi pā ōnamata i te raki o | Chatham Islands |
| Rongomaiongo | he tupuna Moriori | French Reef |
| Ta Upoko-o-Rangimene | te upoko o Rangimene | Ta Upoko-o-Rangimene Reef |
| Takapu | te puku | takiwā ki Takapu (wāhi) |
| Tapuaenuku | ngā tapuae o Nuku | Little Mangere Island (Tapuaenuku) The Fort |
| Tapuaki-o-Hiti | Tupuangi | te tauranga o Hiti | i ngaro te kāinga o konei i te tai āniwhaniwha i te 1868 | Cape Pattisson |
| Tapuika | 'te ika tapu', te wāhi i paea ai te waka Moriori a Rangihoua | takiwā ki Tapuika (wāhi) |
| Tarakoikoia | Tcharako | kāore e mōhiotia ana | e koikoi ana | The Pyramid (Tarakoikoia) |
| Te Awapātiki | te awa (hongere) mahi pātiki | Hikurangi Channel |
| Te Kiato | ko te pūhaehae te tikanga o te kiato, he wairua tūhonohono hoki tōna, engari kāore e mōhiotia ana te horopaki | Cattle Point |
| Te Rangakiore | te haere hono a te kiore | Te Rangakiore Islands |
| Te Rangi Taumaewa | he ingoa tipuna | North-East Reef (Terangi-taumaewa) |
| Te Whanga | te whanga | Te Whanga Lagoon |
| Tei Kohuru | Whangaroa | he whanga haumaru, he āio | he whanga hōhonu, te wāhi i heke mai ai a Ngāti Tama me Kekerewai i te Lord Rodney i te Tīhema 1835 | Port Hutt (Whangaroa Harbour) |
| Tok’ Karoro | Tokakaroro | wāhi o te karoro | Point Munning |
| Tokotoko-o-Utangaroa | te tokotoko o Utangaroa, tētahi o te kauhoe o te waka Moriori a Rangimata | Cape Young |
| Tupouranga | e kōrero ana mō te tūpou, engari kāore e mōhiotia ana te horopaki | Cape Fournier |
| Waikanae | pā no Ngāti Mutunga | pā kei te takiwā ki Port Hutt o ēnei rā (wāhi) |
| Waikokopu | wai o te kōkopu (ika wai māori) | Canister Cove (Waikokopu) |
| Waimihia | te wahi mihia, e kōrero ana mō te komititanga o ngā wai e rua i tēnei tahatika | Waimihia / Point Alison |
| Waipāua | e whakaponohia ana ko te wāhi tawhito katoa tēnei i rarau ai te noho a te tangata ki konei | Waipāua (wāhi) |
| Waitangi | Waiteki | ngā wai tangi | kāinga o ngā tūpuna a Tapeneke rāua ko Taponi | kāinga kei Waitangi (wāhi) |
| Waitua | e kōrero ana mō te mahi nui ki te horoi mai i te kino i te iho o te kōpi/karaka, ka kōpirotia/pūmāhutia | Wairua |
| Waiwera | e kōrero ana mō te wai wera engari kāore e mōhiotia ana te horopaki | Point Gap |
| Whenuahau | te hau o te whenua | Whenuahau |