Unusual New Zealand Place Names

Authors

Jeff Grant

Abstract

New Zealand is a small Pacific country about the size of Colorado. A lot of places here bear their original Maori names, the most famous being the 85-letter TAUMATAWHAKATANGIHANGAKOAUAUOTAMATEATURIPUKAKAPIKIMAUNGAHORONUKUPOKAIWHENUAKITANATAHU, a hill about 40 miles south of where I live in Hawke's Bay province.

Recommended Citation

Grant, Jeff (2002) "Unusual New Zealand Place Names," Word Ways: Vol. 35 : Iss. 4 , Article 14.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol35/iss4/14