Tai Poutini, Te
1. (location) coastal and sea area along the west coast of the South Island.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 78;)
He wāhi whakahirahira a Waione nā te mea koia tēnei te pito whakamutunga o ngā kāinga tū putuputu o Poutini, arā, ko te ara pounamu e ahu mai ana mā te awaawa o Whakatipu-kā-tuka (TTR 1996:216). / Martins Bay was an important place because this was the last in the Poutini chain of settlements, that is of the greenstone trail through the Hollyford Valley.
