The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 6 (September 2, 1935)
North Auckland Railway Station Names
North Auckland Railway Station Names.
In continuation of the series of New Zealand railway station Maori names and their origin and meanings, I give the remaining names on the section north of Auckland city, carrying it on then into the South Auckland district.
Ranganui:
Great parade; long line of warriors or charging party.
Kaiwaka:
To hollow out, like a canoe, or like
a kaka parrot pecking a hole in a tree.
Töpuni:
A dogskin mat or cloak.
Kaipara:
To eat frost fish; also a meal of the para fern-root (Marattia Fraxinea).
Tanigo-wähine:
Seizing or abducting a woman. Sometimes given as tangi-wahine, meaning woman's lament or weeping.
Kiri-köpuni:
Dark skin; also a black-skinned eel.
Rötu:
A magic spell which produces sleep; a mesmeric incantation.
Parore:
This station was named after the celebrated old chief Parore te Awha, who lived on the northern Wairoa and died in 1887, aged nearly a hundred years. He was always very friendly to the Europeans. One meaning of the word is gentle, soft, agreeable; it is also the name of a fish, bream, black perch.
Whātoro:
To stretch out; thrust forward.
Maropiu:
A swinging or swaying loin-mat; the swing of the kilt.
Aranga:
The act of rising.
Ahikiwi:
Fire to cook the kiwi bird.
Hōteo:
One of several names for a calabash.
Ahuroa:
Long mound or hillock.
Tähekeroa:
Long rapid in a river, or a long cataract.
Kanohi:
Eye; also face.
Kaukapakapa:
Swimming with much splashing; flapping wings.
Punganui:
Probably a misspelling of ponganui, meaning a large fern tree.
Wharepapa:
A house built of planks or boards.
Rewiti
Named after a chief of the Ngatiwhatua tribe, Rewiti (called after the missionary family Davis).
Waimauku:
Stream of the small ground ferns, maidenhair fern, etc.
Huapai:
Modern coined name, meaning the place of excellent fruit.
Kümeü:
Pulling or stretching the breasts.
Taupaki:
A kilt or loin-mat (rapaki) also fine-weather season.
Ranui:
Abundant sunshine; modern coined name.
Waitākere:
River-bed; also cascade stream.