South Island Lines.
Picton-Blenheim-Wharanui.

Koromiko:

Veronica flowering plant.

Para:

Numerous meanings, including frostfish (pāra); fragments; dust, remains; a tuber; a large edible fern-root; a kind of cordyline (ti-para); to make a clearing in the bush, etc.

Tuamarina:

Correctly Tuamarino. Tua = beyond; marino, clear or open, or smooth, referring to the Maori explorers’ view of the plains from the hills.

Kaparu:

To make muddy or dirty, etc. Also, paru = thatch of roupo leaves for a house.

Hauwai:

A mollusc; a kind of haliotis.

Taimate:

Dead water, stagnant water; salt pool blocked off from the tide.

Wharanui:

A variety of flax, phormium tenax; also a mat spread out, a broad expanse.