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Revenge: A Love Tale of the Mount Eden Tribe

Appendix 2: Auckland Place Names

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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.)