INTERPRETATIONS
CLUBS’ NATIVE NAMES
ARATONGA and Ngatannga—what do they mean? This question is often asked, as both are city clubs, and their titles convey no intimation of locality. Here is the answer: Ngataringa (Stanley Bay) means “the ears," and is the old name for Stanley Bay isthmus; probably a reminder of some old-time feast when human ears figured as delicacies on some barbaric menu. Aratonga means “the way south,” and the name is entirely appropriate, as the club which bears the title has its courts near the Great South Road.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 304, 15 March 1928, Page 7
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90INTERPRETATIONS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 304, 15 March 1928, Page 7
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