- W. Reed
gives the Māori name for the area[clarification needed] is
Ohikaparuparu ("o"
means place of; "hika"
means rubbing, kindling, or planting; "paruparu"...
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their canoes and
paddled down the slow Opaawaho,
across the
shallows of
Ohikaparuparu, or, literally, "Fall-in-the-mud", and so out past the black, tooth-like...
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Europeans arrived. The Māori name for the
mudflats near the
suburb is
Ohikaparuparu, it is an
important s****fish
gathering site for Māori. The Moa Bone...
