Other formats

    TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 1 (April 1, 1936.)

Christchurch-Culverden-Waiau Section

Christchurch-Culverden-Waiau Section.

Papanui:

Large flat or plain.

Kaiapoi:

Originally Kaiapohia, name of the famous fortress of the Ngai-Tahu tribe. So named from the gathering in of food for the garrison, from a distance; food carried or swung there.

Rangiora:

Literally day of health, but many associated meanings. An ancient Polynesian name. Hui-te-Rangiora was a legendary place of instruction and amusement, where all kinds of knowledge were imparted by the priests, and all games and amusements taught.

Waipara:

River with a thick muddy sediment.

Waikari:

River which cuts out its course or erodes its banks.

Pahau:

Beard; the withered drooping lower leaves of fern-tree or cabbage-tree.

Waiau:

River of currents; swirling river.