- The
South Island (Māori: Te
Waipounamu [tɛ wɐ.i.pɔ.ʉ.nɐ.mʉ], lit. 'the
waters of Greenstone') is the
larger of the two
major islands of New
Zealand in...
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country being referred to as
Aotearoa me Te
Waipounamu –
where Te Ika-a-Māui
means North Island, and Te
Waipounamu means South Island. In the pre-European...
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Waipounamu Māori are a
group of Māori iwi at or
around the
South Island of New Zealand. It
includes the iwi (tribe) of Ngāi Tahu and the
historical iwi...
- landm****es—the
North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the
South Island (Te
Waipounamu)—and over 600
smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest
island country...
- 2023. "Te Ara Reo Māori (He Pī Ka Pao)
Level 1&2". Te
Waipounamu Graduation Book 2023. Te
Waipounamu: Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. 2023. p. 13.
Archived from the...
- Te Pīhopatanga o Te
Waipounamu is an
episcopal polity or
diocese of the
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New
Zealand and Polynesia. Literally, the diocese...
- They are the
North Island or Te Ika-a-Māui and the
South Island or Te
Waipounamu.
Various Māori iwi
sometimes use
other names, with some
preferring to...
-
Dictionary of New
Zealand Biography.
Ministry for
Culture and Heritage.
Retrieved 13
March 2022. Ngāti Tama o
Taranaki Ngāti Tama Ki Te
Waipounamu Trust...
- Ngāti Toa, also
called Ngāti
Toarangatira or Ngāti Toa Rangatira, is a Māori iwi (tribe)
based in the
southern North Island and the
northern South Island...
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their founding tupuna Matua Hautere, a
descendant of Kupe, came to Te
Waipounamu in his waka Te Hoiere,
guided by the
kaitiaki (tribal guardian) Kaikaiawaro...
