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Te reo Māori ingoa wāhi names
The New Zealand Gazetteer lists Māori and all official place names of New Zealand. You can identify Māori place names with macrons by downloading a .csv file from the Gazetteer.
| Te Upoko-o-te-ika-a-Māui | Wellington |
| Aotearoa | New Zealand |
| Murihiku | Southland |
| Muriwhenua | far North, i.e. north of Kaitaia |
| Rakiura | Stewart Island |
| Rekohu | Chatham Islands |
| Te Hiku o te Ika | Northland |
| Te Ika-a-Māui | North Island |
| Te Matau‑a‑Māui | Hawke’s Bay |
| Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi | Bay of Plenty |
| Te Tai Hauāuru | West Coast |
| Te Tai o Aorere | Tasman |
| Te Tai o Marokura | Kaikoura Coast |
| Te Tai o Poutini | West Coast, Te Waipounamu |
| Te Tai Poutini | West Coast |
| Te Tai Rāwhiti | East Coast, Te Ika-a-Māui |
| Te Tai Tokerau | Northland |
| Te Tai Tonga | Southern Region |
| Te Tauihu o te Waka a Māui | Marlborough |
| Te Waipounamu | South Island |
| Waitaha | Canterbury |
Ngā motu
| Te Rerenga Wairua | Cape Rēinga |
| Te Oneroa a Tohe | Ninety Mile Beach |
| Ahiparapara | Ahipara |
| Kororāreka | Russell |
| Whangārei |
| Tāmaki-makau-rau | Auckland |
| Te Hauturu-o-Tai | Little Barrier Island |
| Aotea | Great Barrier Island |
| Ahuahu | Great Mercury Island |
| Parawai | Thames |
| Rāhui Pōkeka | Huntly |
| Kirikiriroa | Hamilton |
| Whāingaroa | Raglan |
| Tuhua | Mayor Island |
| Whakaari | White Island |
| Tauranga Moana | Tauranga |
| Te Rotorua-nui-a-Kahumatamomoe | Rotorua |
| Uawa | Tolaga Bay |
| Taupō-nui-a-Tia | Taupō |
| Tūranga-nui-a-Kiwa | Gisbourne |
| Ngāmotu | New Plymouth |
| Ngā motu | Sugar Loaf Islands |
| Ahuriri | Napier |
| Heretaunga | Hastings |
| Whanganui |
| Te Papa-i-ōea | Palmerston North |
| Taitoko | Levin |
| Te Awahou | Foxton |
| Tauwharenīkau | previously Tauherenikau |
| Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington |
| Matiu | Somes Island |
| Mākaro | Ward Island |
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| Te Waipounamu | South Island |
| Te Waka a Māui | South Island |
| Waitohi | Picton |
| Waiharakeke | Blenheim |
| Rangitoto ki te Tonga | D'Urville Island |
| Motuareronui | Adele Island |
| Moturoa | Rabbit Island |
| Whakatū | Nelson |
| Te-Ahi-Kaikōura-a-Tama-ki-te-Rangi | Kaikōura |
| Māwhera | Greymouth |
| Ōtautahi | Christchurch |
| Kā-muriwai | Arrowtown |
| Tāhuna | Queenstown |
| Te Tihi-o-Maru | Timaru |
| Te Oha-a-Maru | Oamaru |
| Ōtepoti | Dunedin |
| Waihōpai | Invercargill |
| Motupōhu | The Bluff |
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Te Pāpaka-a-Māui
Ao moemoeā
Whenua moamoeā | Australia |
| Piripane | Brisbane |
| Poihākena | Sydney |
| Poipiripi | Melbourne |
| Te Tiri o Te Moana | Antarctica |
| Te Kōpakatanga te Tonga | Antarctica |
Ngā moana
| Te Moana-nui-a-kiwa | South Pacific Ocean |
| Te Moana a Toi-te-huatahi | Bay of Plenty |
| Te Matau a Māui | Hawkes Bay |
| Te Tai o Rehua | Tasman Sea |
| Te Moana a Raukawa | Cook Strait |
| Te Ara a Kiwa | Foveaux Strait |
References
Maps from LINZ
LINZ publications NZMS346/1 and NZMS346/2
Te Ika a Māui, Tangata Whenua place names prior to European Settlement (click here)
Te Waipounamu, Tangata Whenua place names prior to European Settlement (click here)
Te Ika a Māui, The Land and its People (click here)
Index of names for Te Ika a Māui, The Land and its People (click here)
Te Waipounamu, The Land and its People (click here)
Index of names for Te Wai Pounamu, The Land and its People (click here)
Ko taku iwituaroa tēnā (Linz) Aotearoa Geographic Features
Map from The Land of Tara, by Elsdon Best, 1919
