Revenge: A Love Tale of the Mount Eden Tribe
Appendix 2: Auckland Place Names
Appendix 2: Auckland Place Names
Totara-i-ahua : Ceremonial totara tree on One Tree Hill.
Wai-ariki : Waters of the ariki (head chief) or waters having a curative value. Probably a spring of water so reputed hereabouts. Formerly Official Bay.
Rarotonga: Mt. Smart, a pa near Otahuhu.
Waiata-rua: Lake St. John —now drained.
Matuku-rua: An old pa.
Patumahoe: Franklin County, about 30 miles S. of Auckland.
Karaka: District west of Papakura, on shores of Manukau.
Owairaka: Mt. Albert.
Taura-rua: Parnell Park.
Taka-runga : Mt. Victoria, Devonport.
Waipapa: A tidal creek, formerly flowing down Stanley Street to Mechanics Bay.
Maunga-kiekie : One Tree Hill.
Ngutu-wera : Soldiers' Bay, Waitemata Harbour.
Te Tatua: Three Kings.
Puke-kawa: Hill and old pa, Auckland Domain.
Te To: A point just west of Victoria Park. Probably where the gasworks now stands. The canoe portage at Otahuhu was called Te-To-Waka.
Karekare: West Coast, just N. of Manukau Heads.
Tikopuke: Perhaps Titiko-puke, Mt. St. John, which is between Mt. Eden and Rarotonga.
(A.G.S.)