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

Greymouth-Canterbury Line. (The Midland Railway)

Greymouth-Canterbury Line. (The Midland Railway).

Kokiri:

To dash forward, charge.

Patara:

An English word maorified—bottle, or the name Butler.

Kaimata:

Uncooked food.

Aratika:

Straight road.

Kotuku:

The white heron. Abbreviation of the name of Lake Brunner, KotukuWhakaoka, the “White Heron Stabbing,” referring to the act of the kotuku when fishing, suddenly darting his long sharp beak.

Moana:

Sea, large lake. Name given in pakeha times to the township and Lake Brunner.

Ruru:

The owl.

Roto-manu:

Bird lake.

Otira:

Food for a journey. O = food; tira (in full tira-haere), a party of travellers. Applied to the old camping place on the lower part of the Otira River, in the forest.