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.