Waipounamu, Te
1. (location) South Island - sometimes written as Te Wai Pounamu, Te Wāhi Pounamu or Te Wāi Pounamu.
Ko tētehi o aua keke i waiho hei tukutuku ki ngā whanaunga, i ia wāhi, i ia wāhi o Aotearoa, o Te Waipounamu (TW 21/2/1876:72). / One of those cakes was left to be sent to relatives in each part of the North and South Islands.
See also Waka-o-Māui, Te, Waka-o-Aoraki, Te
2. (location) Greenstone Valley.
Waka-o-Aoraki, Te
1. (location) South Island - an ancient name for Te Wai Pounamu.
See also Waipounamu, Te
tangiwai
1. (noun) translucent variety of greenstone, olive-green with streaks of white - found at Piopiotahi (Milford Sound) and Te Wai Pounamu (Greenstone Valley).
Heoi, whakamanawanui tonu, ka kitea ngā kōwhatu pounamu i konei e Hine-ahu; nō te tangihanga o Hine-ahu, koia te tangiwai (JPS 1914:8). / Nevertheless, they went on with stout hearts, and then Hine-ahu discovered some greenstone. Because of her lamentations it was called 'tangiwai'.
roaroa
1. (noun) great spotted kiwi, Apteryx haastii - flightless, nocturnal endemic bird with hair-like feathers and a long bill with sensitive nostrils at the tip. Now found only on the northern West Coast of Te Wai Pounamu, the South Island.
See also roa
