Maori Place Names.
Inquiries are often made as to ^ origin and meaning of some of piaces along this coast. The Zealand Railways Magazaine g've5j^ following. Paekakariki means for a parakeet"; it refers to the^^B bird-snaring days, and also toJEj practice of making the little PariH§| a pet; it could be taught to talk. Prfi paraumu means "scrapingS earth-ovens " The story is thatS*"^| party from the north, after cap^j| a village there ahd fihding of fhe people had fle'd to the seareh'ed for food, but found /wj few scraps in the ovens. Wa^B| means "mullet tivet." Otaki, JB serves • a nlemory of the someJg| trivial fact that Hau carried ingstick at the trail as a Maori sometimes does in marching down before his audience. ifl
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 359, 21 October 1932, Page 4
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124Maori Place Names. Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 359, 21 October 1932, Page 4
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