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🗺️ Places and Names of Aotearoa

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10 questions. Get 8 right to earn 10 minutes. All 10 right = +5 bonus. They start easy and get harder as you go, so treat the first few as a warm-up. Every one you miss comes back with the answer and why.

1. What does 'roto' mean, as in Rotorua or Rotoiti?

BridgeForestMountainLake

2. What does the Māori word 'wai' mean, as seen in place names such as Waikato and Waitangi?

SandWaterMountainIsland

3. What does 'awa' mean in a Māori place name?

LakeBeachPathRiver

4. What does 'kāinga' mean?

Meeting houseWar canoeHome or villageStorage pit

5. What does 'maunga' mean in Māori place names?

VillageHarbourRiverMountain

6. What is the Māori name for Stewart Island, New Zealand's third largest island?

RangitotoMotutapuKapitiRakiura

7. Cape Reinga's Māori name, Te Rerenga Wairua, translates to roughly what?

The valley of echoesThe rock of the sunThe bay of many fishThe leaping off place of spirits

8. What geological feature does 'maunga' most often describe when it appears in a place name in the Auckland area?

A forest clearingA sandy beachA river mouthA volcanic peak

9. Why might two communities describe the history of the very same piece of land quite differently?

Because a place's remembered history reflects each community's own experience of it, such as settlement, loss or returnBecause only one version can ever be true and taughtBecause history only exists in written recordsBecause place names never carry any history at all

10. What is the connection between a region's name and the identity people in that region often feel?

Only English place names create any sense of local identityRegional identity is unrelated to historyRegion names have no connection to identity at allRegional names, especially Māori ones tied to ancestors or landscape, are often a strong part of local identity and pride

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