- The
South Island (Māori: Te
Waipounamu, lit. 'the
waters of Greenstone',
officially South Island or Te
Waipounamu or
archaically New Munster) is the largest...
- landm****es—the
North Island (Te Ika-a-Māui) and the
South Island (Te
Waipounamu)—and over 700
smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest
island country...
-
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...
- Ngāti Toa, Ngāti
Toarangatira or Ngāti Toa Rangatira, is a Māori iwi (tribe)
based in the
southern North Island and in the
northern South Island of New...
-
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...
- The Ngāti Tama is a
historic Māori
tribe of present-day New Zealand.
Their origins,
according to Māori oral tradition, date back to Tama Ariki, the chief...
- Te Pīhopatanga o Te
Waipounamu is an
episcopal polity or
diocese of the
Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New
Zealand and Polynesia. Literally, the diocese...
- 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...
- 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...
-
exceeded only by the two
substantially larger main
islands of New
Zealand Te
Waipounamu and Te Ika-a-Māui as well as Rakiura, and the two main
islands of Fiji...
