Index of original tangata whenua place names, their history, origin or meaning, important events and cultural significance where known, and their equivalent contemporary name or description.
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| Name | Kōrero | Current name or description |
|---|---|---|
| Ahimanu | a fire for cooking birds | Ahimanu |
| Ahipara | fire for cooking para (a fern) | Ahipara Bay |
| Ahu-o-te-Atua | sacred mound of the gods | Ahu-o-te-Atua |
| Ahuriri | for Tū Ahuriri who reopened Te Whanganui-a-Orotū here after the outlet at Keteketerau blocked up | mouth of the former lagoon, Te Whanganui-a-Orotū |
| Akatārere | hanging supplejack, named to confuse Pākehā settlers as to the location of burial caves | Akatārere |
| Ākitio | said to be the name of a famous pounamu mere | area around Ākitio (locality) |
| Āniwaniwa | for the rainbows in the waterfall | Āniwaniwa Falls |
| Āniwaniwa | Ngāti Korokī-Kahukura kāinga and site for crossing the Waikato | kāinga in vicinity of Finlay Road, Lake Karapiro |
| Aohanga | in association with the river Aohanga | area around Aohanga (locality) |
| Aohanga | in association with the river Aohanga | Aohanga Hill |
| Aohanga | a taniwha is said to emerge from a rock at the river mouth, a cautionary tale for children about the dangerous current | Aohanga |
| Aorangi | light from above, named by Puhikaiariki after an island in Hawaiki | Aorangi Maunga |
| Aorangi | lair of Pohokura, mōkai (pet) of Tamatea Pōkai Whenua | Aorangi |
| Aotea | named for the ancestral waka, which after many voyages was packed with rocks and sunk at the harbour mouth | Aotea Harbour |
| Aotea | the island with white clouds overhead, a waka and star name | Great Barrier Island (Aotea Island) |
| Aramoana | the sea path, possibly as the coast is only passable at low tide | coastal site at Aramoana (locality) |
| Arapae | path on a ridge, an important Wahanui pā | pā on hill northwest of Arapae (locality) |
| Arawairua | the pathway of spirits | meeting of oceans off Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua |
| Āria | a swamp that would become a deep lake after rain | kāinga in vicinity of Āria (locality) |
| Arohaki | from a description 'the taking off of the birds, one by one, circling around' | Arohaki Lagoon |
| Aropaoanui | toward a smoky place | Aropaoanui River |
| Arowhana | rush or change in a certain direction | Arowhana |
| Aruwaru | where Rangitāne o Manawatū lit fires to send signals to their whanaunga (relations) in times of battle | Aruwaru |
| Ātiamuri | Tia who follows behind, as Ngātoroirangi beat Tia to cross the Waikato first | kāinga in vicinity of Ātiamuri (locality) |
| Atuanui | tupuna maunga of Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara | Atuanui / Mount Auckland |
| Auahitōtara | smoke of the tōtara, a Ngāti Rangi fighting pā | Auahitōtara Pā, on 1120m hill due east of Waiouru |
| Awakino | dangerous river | Awakino River |
| Awakura | red river, a mahinga kai and wāhi tapu | mahinga kai around the confluence of Red River and Ākitio River |
| Awanui | large river | Awanui River |
| Awatere | fast flowing stream of water | Awatere River |
| Āwhitu | place of yearning, an ancient pā (c.1650) of Ngāti Kahukōkā of Tainui | pā in vicinity of Wattle Bay (locality) |
| Hākarimata | partially cooked feast | Hakarimata Range |
| Hakikino | not known | pā at junction of Maungatepopo Stream and Wainuioru River |
| Hakikino | important and ancient pā and site of the last great battle between Ngāti Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu | pā southwest of Waimārama (locality) |
| Hangaroa | long stretch of water | Hangaroa River |
| Harataunga | the great bonding of people, a gift of Ngāti Raukatauri land to Ngāti Tamaterā | Kennedy Bay |
| Haruru-o-te-rangi | belonged to the Tūwharetoa people who lived by Rotoaira | pā at southwestern side of Lake Rotoaira |
| Hauhungatahi | not known | Hauhungatahi |
| Hautapu | death by violence | Hautapu River |
| Hautūterangi | pā of the chief Te Rangi-tua-mātotoru | pā at Motutere (locality) |
| Heipipi | a Rangitāne pā named after the east coast pā of that name | pā in vicinity of Masterton |
| Heipipi | an ancient pā of Whatumoana and Ngāti Awa people | pā on hill northwest of Bay View (locality) |
| Herehereuma | the warrior chief Rāwiri Tamanui tied a rope around his chest and abseiled down the cliff | 829m maunga 16.5km northeast of Whatatutu (locality) |
| Herekino | badly tied bird snares | Herekino Harbour |
| Heretaunga | to tie up the waka, named for the wharenui built by Whātonga after he migrated here | plains on which Hastings is located |
| Hikapu | name of a prominent rangatira of Kārearea pā | Hikapu / Mount Ross |
| Hikukoekoeā | area of Ngāti Kahungunu. Tapuwae was the chief | pā in vicinity of Frasertown |
| Hikurangi | landmark peak, rising to skyline | Hikurangi |
| Hikurua | not known | Hikurua / de Surville Cliffs |
| Hinuwera | strategic pā of Te Waharoa | pā in vicinity of Hinuera (locality) |
| Hiorekata | a Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara settlement | kāinga west of Woodhill (locality) |
| Hōkio | the hearing (by Hau) of a whistling sound | Hokio Stream |
| Honipaka | devour dried food | area southeast of Albatross Point |
| Hopekako | ancient pā of Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pou | pā on Saint Peters (hill) |
| Horotea | formed by a slip in white pumice country | Lake Horotea |
| Horowhenua | land eroded by slips | Lake Horowhenua |
| Hōteo | a large calabash | Hōteo River |
| Houhora | spread feathers to dry | Houhora Harbour |
| Huiarau | figuratively, anything much prized, as huia feathers | Huiarau Range |
| Hurunuiorangi | not known | kāinga northwest of Gladstone (locality), right bank of Ruamahanga River |
| Ikawetea | where Tamatea Pōkai Whenua and Kahungunu untied their kete of fish for a meal | Ikawetea Stream |
| Kahukurī | ‘the spotted dogskin cloak’, a reference to peace made between Kawerau and Te Taoū | significant site northwest of Waimauku |
| Kahurānaki | refers to the maunga ‘revealing itself’ | Kahurānaki |
| Kaiaua | for the abundant stocks of aua (yellow-eyed mullet) | kāinga at Kaiaua (locality) |
| Kaiawatea | ancient pā of Tūwharetoa | pā southwest of Tūrangi |
| Kaihoata | named by Kupe for the prolific birdlife along its length | Kaihoata River |
| Kaihū | where Ihenga silently (secretly) ate all the toheroa (a type of shellfish) | Kaihū River |
| Kaikai | where Tōhē had a meal of mussels | rock at Kaikai Beach, mouth of Waimamaku River |
| Kaikai | pā first established by Maki, eponymous ancestor of Te Kawerau-a-Maki, and his sons | Kaikai Pā, at south side of Kaukapakapa River mouth |
| Kaikākā | an extensive area of Ngāti Tamaoho urupā | urupā at Waiuku River, south of Pukewhau Creek |
| Kaimanawa | "my breath is my food" replied Ngātoroirangi when asked how he survived the desert | Kaimanawa Mountains |
| Kaipara | to eat flounder | Kaipara Harbour |
| Kaipara | to eat flounder | Kaipara River |
| Kairara | eat ribs | Maunga Kairara |
| Kaitarakihi | where Pūaho, enticed into the forest by the patupaiarehe (fairies), ate cicadas after many days without food | Kaitarakihi |
| Kaituna | eels for food | Kaituna River |
| Kaiwhaikī | an orator | kāinga on right bank of Whanganui River, northwest of Upokongaro (locality) |
| Kaiwhakareireia | an important stronghold of Ngāi Tauira | pā in vicinity of Ormond (locality) |
| Kākāmōria | leg-ring of the parrot, a Ngāti Maniapoto pā in the 1800s | pā at Hangatiki (locality) |
| Kākātarahae | the screeching of kākā | Kakatarahae |
| Kākātarahae | historic Tūhoe pā | pā near confluence of Kotorenui Stream and Owhakatoro Stream |
| Kāpiapia | kauri resin | Kapiapia Rock |
| Kapowai | from kapokapowai (dragonfly), the mutual boundary of Ngāti Hei and Ngāti Tamaterā | Kapowai River |
| Kāpuni | camping place of Turi | Kapuni Stream |
| Kapūterangi | pā originally belonging to Toitehuatahi | pā at Kōhī Point, Whakatāne |
| Karanga Tūī | call of the tūī | small 41m hill at south of Paeroa |
| Karāpiro | foul smoke from burning bodies piled up on the rocks | historic site south of Karapiro (locality), now submerged |
| Karetoki Whare | where Karetoki lived with Pania, tūpuna to the hapū of Ahuriri | kāinga on northeast side of Mataruahou (hill) |
| Kārewa | a float | Kārewa / Gannet Island |
| Kārewa | a float | Karewa Island off Matakana Island |
| Karihipōtae | incident where Rongopopoia was killed | mouth of Waiotahe River |
| Karioi | to linger | Mount Karioi |
| Katikara | where Turi first heard the voices of other people | Katikara Stream |
| Kawakawa | for the shrub | Kawakawa River |
| Kawakawa | for the Ngāti Paoa chief Te Raukawakawa | Kawakawa Bay |
| Kawakawa | where the daughters of Kupe made a wreath of kawakawa | Te Kawakawa Rocks |
| Kawakawa-mai-tawhiti | a Hawaiki name (kawakawa from Tahiti) | kāinga in vicinity of Te Araroa (locality) |
| Kaweka | ridge | Kaweka Range |
| Kawerua | where Tōhē replaced the straps of his sandals | coastal area southeast of South Head |
| Kawhātau | not known | Kawhātau River |
| Kāwhia | the embracing of Turi | Kawhia Harbour |
| Kerepēhi | compacted clay, originally a pā of Ngāti Hako | kāinga at Kerepehi (locality) |
| Kerikeri | to cultivate, dig repeatedly | Kerikeri River |
| Kikowhakarere | for the abandoned bodies from a battle between Ngāti Huarere and Marutūahu. Pā of Ngāti Patukirikiri, hapū of Tamatepō | pā on Ruffin Peninsula |
| Kinikini | to nip or to pinch | Long Point / Taramahiti Point |
| Kirikiriroa | long gravel bank used as a pathway across swamps | kāinga on left bank of Waikato River, central Hamilton |
| Kiriwai | name of a Ngāti Kahungunu waka traded to Ngāti Rangitāne for a right to occupy this area after migrating south from Tūranganui-a-Kiwa | kāinga at southwestern side of Lake Ōnoke |
| Kōhaonui | Ngāti Rangi kāinga for eel weirs at Ōtemataraha lake and wetlands | kāinga on northeastern slope of Ōtamakotinga (hill) |
| Kohia | for the gathering of red ochre from the island | Wiroa Island |
| Kohukohu | the curse of Kupe on his people for opening a hangi before it was fully cooked | kāinga at Kohukohu (locality) |
| Kohukohunui | the great misty maunga or cloud | Kohukohunui |
| Kohuroa-a-naki | slow moving thick fog | Kohuronaki |
| Kōiro | conger eel | kāinga in vicinity of Koiro (locality) |
| Kōkakotaea | arrival of the kōkako | Mangakōkakotaea Stream |
| Kōkopunui | a type of fish | Colenso Lake |
| Kōpū | a deep hole in swampy land where taniwha live | kāinga in vicinity of Kopu (locality) |
| Kōpuanui | Rangitāne pā | pā east of Ashhurst (locality) |
| Korokio | a type of fern used as a herb | Korokio Stream |
| Koru | the great fortress of Ngā Māhanga a Tāiri, a branch of Taranaki iwi | pā in bend in Oakura River southeast of Ōakura |
| Kuratawhiti | not known | significant site in vicinity of Greytown |
| Mahipatua | one of the main Te Uri-o-Hau pā, home of Te Hana who married Rangiwhapapa | Mahipatua Pa, north-northwest of Lake Humuhumu |
| Māhoenui | for large māhoe trees | area in vicinity of Māhoenui (locality) |
| Mahurangi | flesh of kūmara. Denotes importance of place or person | Mahurangi Harbour |
| Mairehau | for the Rangitāne o Manawatū hapū Ngāti Mairehau | Mairehau |
| Maitai | from the sea | Maitai Bay |
| Mākākahi | for freshwater mussels gathered here | Mākākahi River |
| Mākeo | rising to a sharp point | Makeo |
| Maketū | the cradle of Tainui people, the landing place of the Tainui waka. A Hawaiki name | pā just south of Kawhia |
| Maketū | pā of the landing place of the Arawa waka and revered cradle of its people | pā in vicinity of Maketu (locality) |
| Manaia | ornamental carved work, from the original Polynesian word 'Mangaia' | Bream Head |
| Manawatāwhi | to hold one's breath at the beauty of the islands | Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands |
| Manawatū | where the heart of Haunui-a-Nanaia ‘stopped’ or ‘settled’ when he saw the river (in relief, in awe, in shock, there are several stories) | Manawatū River |
| Mangahao | Kahungunu papakāinga and connects trails from west to east | Mangahao River |
| Mangakāhia | river with kāhia (climbing vine, NZ passionfruit) along its banks | Mangakāhia River |
| Mangamuka | river of thread after flax scraped or a pathway | Mangamuka River |
| Manganui | a large river | Manganui River |
| Manganui-o-Te-Ao | large river of the world. Te Ao was a tupuna of those people | Manganuioteao River |
| Mangapurua | junction of two streams or a dammed stream | Mangapurua Stream |
| Mangatainoka | for an endemic species of broom (a shrub) | Mangatainoka River |
| Mangatawa | pā built by Tamatea Arikinui of Tākitimu | pā on Mangatawa (hill) |
| Mangatāwhiri | refers to a flowering shrub | Mangatāwhiri River |
| Mangatāwhiri | impressively fortified Ngāti Manuhiri pā | pā at Jones Bay |
| Mangatewainui | an ancient trail into the Ruahine ranges | Mangatewainui River |
| Mangatoro | traditional trading point for goods transported by awa | Mangatoro River |
| Mangawhai | waters where stingray are found | Mangawhai Harbour |
| Mangawhero | reddish water of the river | Mangawhero River |
| Mangōnui | large shark | Mangōnui Harbour |
| Maniaiti | a small landslip | Maniaiti |
| Mānuka | a rāhui post of manuka or the anxiety of Te Hotunui taking the Tainui waka over the bar at the harbour mouth | Manukau Harbour |
| Mānunutahi | an ideal place to wait for suitable tides before crossing the dangerous harbour entrance | Mānunutahi Bay |
| Māpiupiu | refers to the ferns along the waterways | kāinga in vicinity of Māpiu (locality) |
| Maraekōwhai | courtyard where kōwhai grew | kāinga at Maraekowhai (locality) |
| Marae-o-Hine | pā of Tūrongo where Raukawa grew up | pā in vicinity of Rangiatea (locality) |
| Maraeroa | a seasonal base for gathering food and medicine and a refuge for Ngāti Ringi and Tutahi in times of war | kāinga south of Lake Rotorangi |
| Maraeroa | long, open space | kāinga northwest of Pureora (mountain) |
| Maraetai | an open landing place | kāinga near Waikato River mouth |
| Maramarua | valley cultivations | kāinga in vicinity of Maramarua (locality) |
| Marau | meteor or comet | Marau Point |
| Mārima | not known | Mārima |
| Marokopa | the stiffness of Turi | Marokopa River |
| Marotere | loin cloth floating away | Marotere Islands |
| Marotiri | a place where certain rites were performed | Marotiri |
| Mātaikonā | that place, a particular part of the sea | Mataikona River |
| Matakana | the wariness of Ngāti Panauehu and Ngāti Tetaitawaro rangatira at the arrival of Whātonga at Maketū | Matakana Island |
| Matakanakana | the glowering eyes, a Ngāti Manuhiri pā protecting nearby shark fishing grounds that gave its name to the wider area | pā at east side of Mahurangi Harbour opposite Sandspit (locality) |
| Matakaoa | surface of tide as it churns over a reef | Matakaoa Point |
| Mātakitaki | the lookout, a Waikato pā razed by Ngāpuhi in 1822 | pā at northwest of Pirongia |
| Mātakitaki-a-Kupe | the gazing of Kupe out to the sea | Cape Palliser / Mātakitaki-a-Kupe |
| Matakuhia | awe inspiring | Matakuhia Range |
| Mātāpia | it looks like a head or face with a hole in it | Matapia |
| Mataruahou | refers to the mirror images of faces in pools along the tracks over the island | Mataruahou |
| Mate ā-ongaonga | to kill birds caught by means of a lure or decoy | Matemateaonga Range |
| Matiu | this Ngāi Tara pā belongs to Kupe traditions | pā on Matiu / Somes Island |
| Matuku | Ngāti Whitikaupeka pā | pā on south ridge of Matuku (hill) |
| Matukutūreia | the chief of the pā at the maunga was nicknamed the 'careless bittern' having fallen asleep after a fishing expedition, providing an opportunity for Kawharu to attack the pā | Matukutūreia / McLaughlins Mountain |
| Matukutūruru | the watchful matuku (bittern, a native bird), a contrast to Matukutūreia as the chief of the pā at this maunga was vigilant unlike his brother | Matukutūruru |
| Mauao | this maunga became stuck at the coast when the patupaiarehe (fairies) helping him to the ocean fled at daybreak | Mount Maunganui |
| Maukatia | a traditional resource gathering site, including volcanic rock for tool making | Maukatia Bay |
| Maunga Hirakimatā | Waipahihi witnessed lightning strike the face of the maunga, an omen of the death of her husband Rehua | Mount Hobson |
| Maunga-a-Kāhia | stronghold of Kahungunu | pā on 112m hill southeast of Pariokena (locality) |
| Maunga-a-Kawa | place of ritual | Maungakawa |
| Maungaharuru | resounding noise from a maunga, created by heavy storms | Maungaharuru Range |
| Maungahaumia | for Haumia Tieke Tieke, atua of uncultivated food | Maungahaumi |
| Maungakiekie | maunga of kiekie (the vine) or culminating in a pinnacle | Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill |
| Maunganui | named by Tōhē after the Maunganui in Muriwhenua | Maunganui Bluff |
| Maungapōhatu | rocky maunga, sacred landmark of Tūhoe | Maungapōhatu |
| Maungarake | barren range | inland range southeast of Gladstone (locality) |
| Maungaroa | refers to the length | Maungaroa / Blagdon Hill |
| Maungataniwha | the resting place of the taniwha Āraiteuru, who created many basins for its spawn when travelling here from Hokianga | Maungataniwha Range |
| Maungataniwha | maunga of taniwha | Maungataniwha |
| Maungatautari | maunga where birds were ensnared with a cord | Maungatautari |
| Maungatūtū | maunga of prickly grasses | Maungatūtū |
| Maungauika | the rock with a spring | Maungauika |
| Meremere | for a battle fought with meremere (small clubs) | kāinga in vicinity of Meremere (locality) |
| Mikimiki | the surprised look of Ngātuere Tāwhirimātea Tāwhao when confronted by a massive war party | significant site in vicinity of Mikimiki (locality) |
| Mimi | likened to a stream of urine | Mimi River |
| Moanauriuri | important fishing base for its rich marine resources | Kawau Bay |
| Moawhango | the call of the moa is said to sound like "whango" | Moawhango River |
| Moekawa | not known | Moekawa / South West Island |
| Mōhaka | a place where the haka is performed | Mohaka River |
| Mōhakatino | not known | Mōhakatino River |
| Mōkai Pātea | inland Pātea or 'the Pātea country' | Mokai Patea Range |
| Mōkau | to be basic, ordinary, unadorned, and refers to the tupuna Mōkau, who married Ruapūtahanga | Mōkau River |
| Mōkau | to be basic, ordinary, unadorned, refers to the tupuna Mōkau who married Ruapūtahanga | kāinga at Mōkau (locality) |
| Mōkauiti | in association with the stream | kāinga at Mōkauiti Stream |
| Mōkauiti | tributary of the Mōkau river | Mōkauiti Stream |
| Mokoia | said to be a play on the words for Uenukukōpako killing Arorangi by bashing him with a kō (digging stick) around his tattooed forehead (moko) | pā on Mokoia Island, Lake Rotorua |
| Mokoia/Mauinaina | chief was Te Hīnaki, both pā captured by Ngāpuhi (circa 1821) | pā at Panmure, Auckland |
| Motairehe | refers to the connection of Ngāti Rehua to the Tainui waka | open area at north of Great Barrier Island (Aotea Island) |
| Mōtītī | a Hawaiki name | Mōtītī Island |
| Mōtū | heavy stone from this river used for sinkers | Mōtū River |
| Motuhaku | island with abundant kingfish in the surrounding ocean | Motuhaku Island / Schooner Rocks |
| Motukahaua | a type of powerful incantation to counter the enemy's prayers and spells | Motukahaua Island (Happy Jack Island) |
| Motukākārikitahi | island of the single parakeet | Motukakarikitahi Island (Rat island) |
| Motukawa | island of kawakawa shrub | Cavalli Islands |
| Motukehu | one of three sisters that the taniwha Te Rapatiotio turned into maunga | Black Hill |
| Motukino | not known | Fanal Island (Motukino) |
| Motukōkako | kōkako were kept here for their feathers | Motukōkako Island / Piercy Island |
| Motukōrea | may refer to small waka | Browns Island (Motukorea) |
| Motungaio | grove of ngaio, an ancient pā founded by Tuahumahina which subsequently had many occupants due to its strategic position | pā at Kawhia (locality) |
| Motu-o-Pao | island of Pao | Motuopao Island |
| Motuoruhi | a type of flint found in stone known as hinewaiapu or an inferior variety of flax | Motuoruhi Island (Goat Island) |
| Motu-o-Rūrū | island of owls, ruru also being kaitiaki for Ngāti Tū | pā at southwest of Rukumoana Forest |
| Moturemu | boundary marker for Ngāti Manuhiri | Moturemu Island |
| Moturoa | long island | Moturoa Island |
| Motutāiko | island of the black petrel | Motutaiko Island |
| Mōtūwairaka | the place where Wairaka, wife of Haunui-a-Poupoto drowned and transfigured to rock (like an anchoring stone) | area around Riversdale Beach (locality) |
| Moumoukai | important pā of inter-tribal relationships | pā on Moumoukai (hill), north of Nūhaka |
| Moutohorā | whale island | Moutohora Island |
| Murimotu | any island adjacent to Muriwhenua | Murimotu Island |
| Muriwai | 'enclosed waters' or 'the lagoon' | Port Jackson |
| Muriwhenua | northern most part of the land | all lands northwest of Maungataniwha Range |
| Murupara | name of a taniwha | kāinga in vicinity of Murupara (locality) |
| Ngā Atua Tātā | site of battles between the gods | Ngā Atua Tātā / Kerr Point |
| Ngā Awapūrua | the confluence of the rivers, a mahinga kai for migrating eel | mahinga kai at Ngawapurua (locality) |
| Ngā Hore | ancient Rangitāne and Ngāi Tahu pā | pā to south of Lake Whatumā |
| Ngā Huinga | meeting place of the rivers | confluence of Ongarue River with Whanganui River |
| Ngā Kai-hīnaki-a-Whata | the eel weirs, the food reserves of Whata | hills from west of Waipukurau to east of Dannevirke |
| Ngā Kurī-a-Whārei | the dogs of Whārei, one tradition refers to eels that surface at night to breath air, making a barking noise | reef offshore from Waihi Beach |
| Ngā Mātia | for eel weirs in the swamp | Ngamatea East Swamp |
| Ngā Puha-ake-o-te-ora | the bursting forth of life | spring off Te Motu-o-Kura / Bare Island |
| Ngā Rimutāmaka | rock outcrop with a grove on it, being the birthplace of Paerangi, eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Rangi | urupā on southern slopes of Mount Ruapehu |
| Ngā Tai-i-whakatūria-e-Kupe-ki-te-marowhara | the tides that were turned back by Kupe with his kilt | sea off Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach |
| Ngā Tamāhinerua | two females | Ngatamahinerua |
| Ngā Tārua | for the ridges and saddles running down to the Rangitīkei | area on right bank of Rangitīkei River east of Taoroa Junction (locality) |
| Ngā Turi-o-Murimotu | maunga tapu of Ngāti Rangi | 814m maunga west of Waiouru (locality) |
| Ngā Umukākāpō | where kākāpō were cooked | site in vicinity of Inglis Bush |
| Ngā Waka-a-Kupe | the waka of Kupe | three hills south-southeast of Martinborough |
| Ngāhoro | describes the fragmented nature of the island | Nga Horo Island |
| Ngakuraho | ‘my testicles’ referring to the shape of this pā of Tūirirangi, a tupuna of Ngāti Maniapoto | pā south of Hangatiki (locality) |
| Ngāmoerangi | the site of conflicts between Ngāti Tū and neighbouring tribes | pā at mouth of Pākuratahi Stream |
| Ngāmotu | the islands | Ngā Motu / Sugar Loaf Islands |
| Ngā-pona-o-Tamatekapua | the joints of Tamatekapua | Moehau Range |
| Ngāroto | the lakes | mahinga kai encompassing several lakes and wetlands southeast of Mangawhai (locality) |
| Ngāruawāhia | Te Ngaere calling to “break open up the food pits” | kāinga at Ngāruawāhia |
| Ngaruroro Moko-tū-ā-raro ki Rangatira | the dog of Māhu startled upokororo (the extinct New Zealand grayling) which rippled the water. Later Moko-tū-ā-raro, son of Ruawharo, was placed at the mouth of the river as a mauri to extend and protect fishing grounds | Ngaruroro River and Clive River |
| Ngataea | where Tōhē could hardly breathe when he was overcome by mist and fog | Ngataea / Hooper Point |
| Ngā-Taratara-o-Toi | the needles of Toi | Needles Point |
| Ngāuruhoe | name of the slave that Ngātoroirangi threw into the volcano | Mount Ngauruhoe |
| Ngāwhakaraua | not known | Ngāwhakaraua |
| Ngongotahā | where Ihenga accepted a drink from a calabash offered by the patupaiarehe (fairies) | kāinga in vicinity of Ngongotahā (suburb) |
| Ngunguru | a groaning sound or rumble | Ngunguru River |
| Nūhaka | ancient strategic pā | pā near Nūhaka (locality) |
| Nukutaurua | waka used in setting seine nets over wide extents | Kahutara Point |
| Ōākuramatapū | for Ākuramatapū of the Kurahaupō waka who settled here | Oakura River |
| Ohae | not known | area around the mouth of Ohae Stream |
| Ōhane | not known | Ōhane Stream |
| Ōhau | a Hawaiki name, refers to the prevalent winds | Ōhau / West Island |
| Ōhau | river of Haunui-a-Nanaia | Ōhau River |
| Ōhīnau | island of the hīnau tree | Ohinau Island |
| Ōhinemutu | originally for a rock erected by Ihenga in memory of his murdered wife | pā at the shore at Ohinemutu (suburb) |
| Ōhīrea | indistinct or faint (sounds, smells, etc) | Ōhīrea |
| Ōhiwa | of Hiwa, a well known chief of his time | Ōhiwa Harbour |
| Ōhura | river belonging to Hura | Ōhura River |
| Oingo | not known | Oingo Lake |
| Ōkareka | lake of sweet food, for the kūmara grown here | Lake Ōkareka |
| Ōkōrewa | not known | kāinga just southeast of Lake Ferry (locality) |
| Ō-Kupe-Mai-Tawhiti | in association with the bay | Okupu |
| Ō-Kupe-Mai-Tawhiti | where Kupe berthed his waka | Okupu Bay |
| Omāhu | where Māhu Tapoanui ran out of provisions on his southward journey | pā at Omahu (locality) |
| Ōmāī | calm waters | Omaio Bay |
| Ōmangaia | associated with the Ngāti Taimanawaiti chief Te Hehewa | Ōmangaia Pā at Tipau Point |
| Ōmāpere | place of Māpere | Lake Ōmāpere |
| Ōmoekau | site of one of the earliest built structures (dated to 1180AD) identified in Te Ika-a-Māui | Moikau |
| Onewhero | red sand | kāinga northwest of Onewhero (locality) |
| Ongaonga | for the stinging tree nettle | area around Ongaonga Stream |
| Ōngare | ancient pā of Ngāi Te Rangi | pā at Ongare Point |
| Ōngarue | the place of shaking, earthquakes | Ongarue River |
| Ōnoke | place of the earthworm | Lake Ōnoke |
| Ōpito | where a chief joined together the umbilical cords of his two sons born to rival wives at the same time | Opito Bay |
| Ōpōtiki-mai-tawhiti | where the tupuna Tarawa released his pet tanahanaha (fish) brought from Hawaiki | springs at bluff behind Waiotahe Beach |
| Ōrākau | where Tainui put defences in their last battle with British soldiers | kāinga at Orakau (locality) |
| Ōrākeikōrako | bedecked with the light coloured feathers of a hawk | Orakei Korako |
| Ōrete | not known | Orete Point |
| Oromaki | not known | Oromaki / North East Island |
| Ōrongo | the listening post (for catching migratory birds) | coast between Piako River and Waihou River |
| Ōrongokoekoeā | ‘listen for the Long-tailed cuckoo’, the pā where Tāwhiao was born | pā on a 305m hill in the upper reaches of Mangaongaonga Stream |
| Ōrongorongo | belonging to Rongorongo, wife of Turi, a skilled gardener | Ōrongorongo River |
| Oroua | sound of rain | kāinga in vicinity of Feilding |
| Oroua | sound of rain | Oroua River |
| Ōrua-pouanui | belonging to Rua-Pouanui | Baring Head / Ōrua-pouanui |
| Ōruarangi | place of Ruarangi | coastal point south of Port Waikato |
| Ōruataua | place of war parties | Orutua River |
| Ōruawharo | Ruawharo was a priest on the Tākitimu waka | Oruawharo River |
| Ōruru | place of the owl | Oruru River |
| Ōruru | place of the owl | Doubtless Bay |
| Ōtahatekapua | belonging to either Te Kāhui Kapua (the cloud people) or the tupuna Kapua Te Ariki | Ōtahatekapua Kāinga, a kāinga and hunting grounds on southern slopes of Mount Ruapehu |
| Ōtahu | the place of Tahu | Otahu River |
| Ōtahuao | for the Rangitāne tupuna Tahuao | Ōtahuao |
| Ōtāhuhu | the upturned hull of the Tainui waka looked like the tāhuhu (ridgepole) of a whare, when transported across the isthmus | Ōtāhuhu / Mount Richmond |
| Ōtaipango | for the black waters due to abundant bull kelp | Ōtaipango / Henderson Bay |
| Ōtāiri | emerges ‘as if hanging’ above the mists of the Rangitīkei | area between Turakina River and Rangitīkei River, north of Hunterville |
| Ōtakanini | an ancient pā | pā at south of Kaipara Harbour |
| Ōtaki | where Haunui-a-Nanaia held his staff while speaking | Ōtaki River |
| Ōtamakapua | historic place associated with the confederated iwi of Mōkai Pātea | area east of Pakihikura (locality) |
| Ōtamakotinga | where the ceremony was held to bury the pito (umbilical cord) | Ōtamakotinga |
| Ōtamaraho | river for circumcision, a wāhi tapu, tohi, mahinga kai, and where eels were found in abundance | Otamaraho Stream |
| Ōtamarākau | massive ancient pā of Waitaha of the Arawa waka | pā in vicinity of Otamarakau (locality) |
| Ōtamatea | of Tamatea, on the Tākitimu waka | Otamatea River |
| Ōtāne | not known | area around Ōtāne (locality) |
| Ōtanewainuku | the lover of Pūwhenua | Otanewainuku |
| Ōtara | Ngāti Hauiti pā | pā southeast of Ōhingaiti (locality) |
| Ōtātara | an old but important pā of its time. Tu Rauwha was the chief | pā southwest of Taradale (suburb) |
| Ō-Tautū-i-te-Rangi | for a Hauraki tupuna killed here by Te Raumāhoe of the Marutūahu iwi | Otautu Point |
| Ōtawhiwhi | for the rock which the entrails of a Ngāti Tamaterā chief were entwined on | tidal banks on inner side of Bowentown Heads |
| Ōtewā | ‘of the time’ Tāwhiao returned to Te Nehenehenui | kāinga at Ōtewā (locality) |
| Otoea | not known | kāinga at confluence of Hautapu River and Rangitīkei River |
| Ōtorohanga | where hands were extended figuratively or literally (there are several stories) | kāinga at Ōtorohanga (locality) |
| Ōtū | place of Tū | North Cape / Otou |
| Ōtūhawaiki | Ngā Ariki Kaipūtahi pā, once besieged by Whakatōhea | pā at 829m hill with steep bluffs northeast of Waipaoa (locality) |
| Ōtūkōpiri | pinched with cold | kāinga at Koriniti Pa (locality) |
| Otūmoetai | the tide standing still as if asleep | Otūmoetai Pā, at Otūmoetai Beach |
| Ōtūmore | for the Ngāti Whatumāmoa tupuna Tūmore | Otumore |
| Ōtūpae | this range protrudes from Ruahine Range | Otupae Range |
| Ōueariu | not known | Ōueariu |
| Ōwhāriu | to turn aside, a reference to where Kupe dried his sails | Ohariu Bay |
| Ōwhata | a pā of Hinemoa, famed for swimming across the lake to her lover Tūtanekai. Ihenga originally applied the name to the area | pā at Kawaha Point |
| Paekauri | maunga with a stand of kauri | Paekauri |
| Paepae-o-Tū | standing place of Tūmatauenga, the atua associated with man and war | Paepae-o-Tū / Bream Tail |
| Paeroa | long range | Paeroa |
| Paeterangi | captured by soldiers after the defeat of Rangiriri in 1863 | pā southwest of Paterangi (locality) |
| Paetūmōkai | where a snare caught a local chief's pet bird | kāinga in vicinity of Featherston |
| Pāhaoa | wind break around cultivation | Pāhaoa River |
| Pakakina | Ngāti Tamaoho defensive pā for Pēhiakura with an excellent vantage point | pā immediately south of Pēhiakura Lake |
| Pākarae | a Hawaiki name | Pakarae River |
| Pakeke-o-Whirikoka | where Whirikoka entertained a seal | pā at Whatatutu on terrace above Mangatū River |
| Pakihikura | an ancestral waka of Whakatōhea | harbour at the mouth of Waioeka River |
| Pakipaki | named following the killing of Marukukere | Pakipaki Stream |
| Pākiri | a fish also known as kopukopu | Pakiri River |
| Pākuku | for seasonal gathering of Green-lipped mussels from the rocks | mahinga kai around mouth of Pākuku Stream, southwest of Herbertville |
| Pāmotumotu | refers to a pā divided into isolated portions | Pamotumoto |
| Panepaoa | renowned fishing area for Maungaharuru-Tangitū hapū and part of the wider pā complex | coastal kāinga at mouth of Pākuratahi Stream |
| Panetiki | tauranga waka and significant site on ceremonial journeys taking the deceased to urupā | Panetiki Island / The Outpost |
| Panguru | to make a rumbling sound | Panguru Range |
| Panirau | many bereavements due to drownings in rapids | rapids at confluence of Panirau Stream and Mōkau River |
| Papaaroha | beloved land | kāinga at Papaaroha (locality) |
| Papaioea | ancient Rangitāne pā, refers to an exclamation of "beauties indeed!" | pā in the centre of Palmerston North |
| Papawai | the whare wānanga of Mātorohanga | pā just southeast of Greytown |
| Papawhitu | the place of gathered forces | Papawhitu Pā, at Maraetai Point |
| Pārae Kāretu | sandal made from kāretu (sweet-scented grass) | Pārae Karetu |
| Paraiti | a very tapu river due to the number of urupā and burial caves along it | Paraiti River |
| Pārengarenga | leggings made of flax leaves | Pārengarenga Harbour |
| Parininihi | steep cliffs | Parininihi |
| Parinuiterā | high cliff facing the rising sun | Gable End Foreland |
| Pari-o-Kariwa | the cliff belonging to Kariwa | Pariokariwa Point |
| Pari-o-Mahu | originally Paripari (dirt cliffs), renamed for Mahu when he became lost here on a journey to avenge the theft of his kūmara crops | mahinga kai at Blackhead Point |
| Paritū | sheer cliffs | Paritū |
| Pātea-nui-a-Turi | the large cloak of Turi | kāinga at Pātea (locality) |
| Patiarero | a flatterer | kāinga at Jerusalem (locality) |
| Patumāhoe | cutting of the māhoe tree | kāinga at Patumahoe (locality) |
| Pāuanui | place abundant with pāua | kāinga at Pauanui (locality) |
| Pāuatahanui | pā of Rangihaeata, nephew of Te Rauparaha | pā at confluence of Pāuatahanui Stream with Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour |
| Pēhiakura | substantial Ngāti Tamaoho settlement abandoned in the 1820s due to the musket wars, then re-established in the 1830s | kāinga at east side of Pēhiakura Lake |
| Piako | the emptying waters | Piako River |
| Pihanga | female maunga fought over by Tongariro and Taranaki | Pihanga |
| Pipiriki | rifleman (bird) | kāinga at Pipiriki (locality) |
| Piwhane | where Tōhē told his grandfather "If I should die, catch my spirit and stop it getting to Te Rerenga Wairua" | Piwhane / Spirits Bay |
| Poanui | a bounty of food | Paoanui Point |
| Pōhangina | an ulcerated landscape in darkness, alluding to a Rangitāne skirmish | Pohangina River |
| Pōhatuhāhā | a desolate place where lightning is said to strike when someone noteworthy dies | Pohatuhaha |
| Pōhaturoa | Tūwharetoa pā on a volcanic rhyolite dome, later breached by Ngāti Raukawa | pā on Pohaturoa Rock southwest of Ātiamuri |
| Pōhaturoa | refers to the large stones on the beach including the boulder called Ōhinerangi | kāinga at Ohinerangi Beach |
| Pohokura | name of a mōkai (pet) of Tamatea Pōkai Whenua which escaped in this area | wāhi tapu between Otupae Range, Taruarau River and Ikawetea Stream |
| Pōkino | Ngāti Tamaoho settlement founded in the 1850s due to flooding at nearby Mangatāwhiri | Pōkino Kainga, at northeast of Pōkeno |
| Pokohinu | oil filed recesses, referring to harvesting manu ōi (Grey-faced petrel chicks as 'muttonbirds') | Burgess Island (Pokohinu) |
| Pokopoko | Ngāti Paki kāinga | kāinga at Pokopoko Stream |
| Pōrangahau | 'the night of great reflection' refers to the flight of Te Rongouruao, having killed the husband of Tuteihunga. He took this event as his name, which was then applied to the area | area around Pōrangahau (locality) |
| Porirua | associated with the name of the harbour and site of Ngāti Toa settlement since the 1820s | Mount Porirua |
| Pou Tu o Te Rangi | main settlement of Haumoewaarangi, eponymous ancestor of Te Uri-o-Te Rangi | pā at south of Dargaville |
| Pouākai | female maunga that stopped Pukeonaki (see Taranaki) from rushing into the sea when he fled the centre of the island | Pouakai Range |
| Pouerua | a Ngāti Pou pā, the name refers to a type of shellfish | pā on Pouerua (hill) southwest of Pakaraka (locality) |
| Pouhōkio | for a skilled warrior woman who was ritually blessed in this stream after having to fight naked | Pouhōkio Stream |
| Pounui | not known | Lake Pounui |
| Pourērere | land claims were so extensive the survey pegs were said to be jumping or flying | significant site in vicinity of Pourerere (locality) |
| Pourewa | not known | Porewa Stream |
| Pourewa | Ngāti Hauiti and Ngāi Te Upokoiri papakāinga | kāinga east of Porewa (locality) northwest of Marton |
| Poutū | the standing point | falls and rapids at the original confluence of Poutu Stream with Lake Rotoaira |
| Puetou | to dip stone in water during the tool manufacturing process | pā on 337m hill north-northwest of Okere Falls (locality) |
| Puhinui | area of wāhi tapu and tauranga waka and associated with Ngāti Manuhiri tūpuna including Pōnui and Maeaea | area of downtown Warkworth and waterfalls on Mahurangi River |
| Puhitahi | Ngāti Tamaoho settlement and famous tauranga waka | kāinga on a small peninsula at head of Whatapaka Creek |
| Pukaha | for the strong winds that are persistent in this area | Pukaha / Mount Bruce |
| Pūkākā | for the kākā in the surrounding trees | Pūkākā / Marsland Hill |
| Puke o Tara | for Taramainuku, an early ancestor of the Tainui people, also known as a taniwha and kaitiaki of Mānuka [Manukau Harbour] | Puke o Tara |
| Pukeahurangi | high up or elevated, a navigational landmark named by the Rangitāne tupuna Hinetearorangi | Pukeahurangi / Jumbo |
| Pukeamoamo | named by the Rangitāne tupuna Hinetearorangi for the pou of the wharenui where tūpuna are carved | Pukeamoamo / Mitre |
| Pukeareinga | where the spirits of those who died in the battle Te Ika Ranganui gathered before departing | Pukeareinga |
| Pukehau | pā of Maungaharuru | pā east of Nukuhou North (locality) |
| Pukeiahua | a fortified pā and settlement of Tainui | pā at southeast side of Ngāruawāhia |
| Puke-i-Āki-Rangi | hill that was propelled skyward | Puke-i-Āki-Rangi |
| Pukekaihau | pā first established by Ruakūhā in 16th century | pā at Hunter Memorial Park, Waipukurau |
| Pukekaiiti | an ancient pā | pā on Titirangi (hill) southwest of Kaiti (suburb) |
| Pukekawa | the hill where rituals are practiced | Pukekawa |
| Puke-kōiwi-riki | hill of small bones | Pukekiwiriki |
| Pukekura | red hill | Pukekura |
| Pukematekeo | fortified pā of Ngāti Manuhiri | pā north of Matakana (locality) |
| Pukenui-o-raho | bulging testicles | Pukenuioraho |
| Pukerangiora | a Ngāti Awa fortress | pā on left bank of Waitara River south of Waitara |
| Puketapu | a Ngāti Awa fortress | pā south of Te Teko (locality) |
| Puketapu | sacred hill | the hill at Fernhill (locality) |
| Puketoi | fast-moving hill | Puketoi Range |
| Pukewā | one of three sisters that the taniwha Te Rapatiotio turned into maunga | ‘Martha Hill' at Waihi, excavated for gold mining |
| Pūrahoitangihia | the raho lying in a heap that was wept over, referring to the death of Te Ahimatutunu | Pūrahoitangihia |
| Purapura | large Ngāti Tamaoho settlement on the Awaroa, from where waka could be hauled between the Waikato and Mānuka [Manukau Harbour] | kāinga south of Waiuku |
| Puroa | maunga tapu of Te Uri-o-Hau, a shelter and on route to their northern territories | Puroa / Boar Hill |
| Pūtauaki | the base or foundation of a maunga | Pūtauaki or Mount Edgecumbe |
| Pūwheke | a taniwha met by the waka Māmaru | Puwheke |
| Pūwhenua | the lover of Ōtanewainuku | Puwhenua |
| Rāhuipōkeka | because eels were being overfished, a rāhui was declared with a pōkeka hammered into the ground | kāinga at Huntly |
| Raikapua | an ancient Kahungunu pā and battle site | pā on a steep cliff south-southwest of Dannevirke, left bank of Manawatū River |
| Rākaumangamanga | a many branched tree, an unstable tree | Rakaumangamanga |
| Raketapauma | a transliteration of ‘rake the papauma’, the Broadleaf tree whose leaves and bark Ngāti Rangi used for firewood | kāinga at Raketapauma Wetland |
| Rākino | day of doom, what is said to be left of another island named Hurakia after the eruption of Rangitoto | Rakino Island |
| Rakitū | connected to the omens of the death of Rehua | Rakitu Island (Arid Island) |
| Rangatauanui | larger of two lakes named for the warrior demi-god Rangataua | pā on Rangatauanui Hill southwest of Ohakune |
| Rangatira | chiefly | Te Oneone Rangatira Beach |
| Rangatira | name of the pet dog of Matangi which went missing here | range between Rangitīkei River and Porewa Stream, west of Hunterville |
| Rangaunu | a good catch from a shoal of fish | Rangaunu Harbour |
| Rangiātaahua | for the mother of Kupa the last known chief of Tūtira | wāhi tapu at lower reach of Kotomangengi Stream |
| Rangiāwhiao | the area circumnavigated | area between Whatuwhiwhi and Merita (localities) |
| Rangiora | from the name of the adjacent pā that strategically controlled the channel | Rangiora Narrows |
| Rangipō | the dark sky associated with snowstorms | significant site in Te Onetapu (desert) |
| Rangipoua | a day to be remembered for whatever reason | Rangipoua |
| Rangiriri | where Waikato fought against British soldiers in 1863 | pā at southwest of Lake Kopuera |
| Rangitaiki | special ploy for setting snares near water for snaring pigeons | Rangitaiki River |
| Rangitane | a large pā of Rangiwhapapa, brother to Haumoewaarangi, eponymous ancestor of Te Uri-o-Hau | Rangitane Pa, southwest of Punahaere Creek |
| Rangitāne | Ngāti Pou pā where the Te Roroa tupuna Te Taonga was killed | pā overlooking mouth of Rangitane River at Kerikeri Inlet |
| Rangitawhi | first pā of Turi | pā just inland from Pātea (locality) |
| Rangitāwhiri | marks the visit of Kupe | Tryphena Harbour |
| Rangitīkei | where Haunui-a-Nanaia strode across when the river was low | Rangitīkei River |
| Rangitoto | name of a pet lizard that Uenukukoihu gave to Murimanu, who was then killed by Taharangi in their desire for the unusual pet | Rangitoto Peak |
| Rangituhi | for the red glow of the hill at sunset as viewed from Te Awarua-o-Porirua | Rangituhi / Colonial Knob |
| Rangitūmau | standing up to the sky | Rangitūmau |
| Rangiwaea | Hawaiki name | Rangiwaea Island |
| Rangiwhakaoma | where the sky runs, here Kupe fought the giant octopus Te Wheke | cave at Matira / Castle Rock |
| Rāoa | where Turi choked on a fish bone | Rawa Stream |
| Rātōroa | by delaying the sunset an attack and kidnap attempt was thwarted | Rotoroa Island |
| Raukūmara | the leaf of the kūmara or plentiful kūmara | Raukūmara Range |
| Rau-o-te-huia | many huia, a Ngāti Tama pā | pā at southwest of Onaero (locality) |
| Raupunga | Ngāti Pāhauwera pā, important to Ngāti Kahungunu in the 1800s | pā in vicinity of Raupunga (locality) |
| Remutaka | where the torn hem of the cloak worn by Haunui-a-Nanaia fell to the ground, or where he gazed about while seated | Remutaka |
| Remutaka | where the torn hem of the cloak worn by Haunui-a-Nanaia fell to the ground, or where he gazed about while seated | Remutaka Range |
| Remuwera | Ngāti Paoa pā (circa 1700) | pā at Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson |
| Repanga | considered to resemble the island where the bird-like kaitiaki of the Te Arawa waka came from in Hawaiki, and so named for it | Cuvier Island (Repanga Island) |
| Reretāruke | fast flowing water | Retaruke River |
| Reretewhīoi | pipit flying | kāinga northwest of Waiuku |
| Rimaariki | five chiefs | Rimariki Island |
| Ripirō | ‘a stone’s throw’ away, referring to the apparent closeness of Maunganui Bluff | Ripiro Beach |
| Ririwha | chipped and scarred | Stephenson Island |
| Rotoaira | lake belonging to Ira | Lake Rotoaira |
| Rotoehu | lake of turbid waters | Lake Rotoehu |
| Rotokawa | for the sulphurous water | Lake Rotokawa |
| Rotomā | for its clear waters | Lake Rotomā |
| Rotomahana | warm waters of the lake | Lake Rotomahana |
| Rotomakariri | cold lake, subsumed by the once adjacent Rotomahana (hot lake) | former lake southwest of Mount Tarawera |
| Rotopounamu | green (like greenstone) lake | Lake Rotopounamu |
| Rotoroa | Ahuriri hapū associated with the lake were Ngāti Ruapirau, Ngāti Mahu, Ngāti Hinepare and Ngai Te Upokoiri | Rotoroa |
| Rototoa | a place of recovery after battle | Lake Rototoa |
| Rototuna | where eels were caught | Rototuna |
| Ruahine | respected old woman | Ruahine Range |
| Ruamāhanga | twin forks, but may also refer to a bird snare Haunui-a-Nanaia placed in the fork of a tree | Ruamahanga River |
| Ruamahua | thrust up from the depths | The Aldermen Islands |
| Ruapehu | blow hole | Mount Ruapehu |
| Ruapekapeka | Kāwiti said of his stronghold “I am likened to a bat confined to a cave” | pā at Ruapekapeka (locality) southeast of Kawakawa |
| Ruawhata | an ancient Kahungunu pā | pā in vicinity of Ruawhata (locality) |
| Taepiro | pā of Te Rauparaha | pā at mouth of Taepiro Stream, Kapiti Island |
| Tahanga | where Poutini forced Waitāiki, whom he abducted, to stand naked before a fire | Tahanga |
| Tāhuna | a sand bank | kāinga in vicinity of Tahuna (locality) |
| Tairua | valley or deep depression | Tairua River |
| Takapau | named by a visiting chief for Kahukura Takapau, the first son of Rakaihikuroa and Papauma, in recognition of the hospitality he received | area around Takapau (locality) |
| Takapaukura | reed mats used to repair the Kurahaupō waka on its journey | Takapaukura / Tom Bowling Bay |
| Tākou | red ochre produced by burning a particular yellow clay | Tākou Bay |
| Tamahunga | maunga tapu and the ‘ancestral head of Ngāti Manuhiri’ | Tamahunga |
| Tāmaki | Whāngai Kaimokopuna placed one of his tamaiti (children) here | Tamaki River |
| Tāmakimakaurau | Tāmaki, a place favoured by many | the isthmus on which Auckland is located |
| Tāngahoe | the rhythmic strokes of Turi paddling | Tangahoe River |
| Tāngahoe | ‘to cut paddles’, associated with the journey of Tamatea Pōkai Whenua | Tangahoe Stream |
| Tāngarākau | to carve or fashion a piece of wood | Tāngarākau River |
| Tapu | the valley became tapu after Ngāti Hei and Ngāi Te Rangi killed many Ngāti Tamaterā c.1829 | kāinga in vicinity of Tapu (locality) |
| Tāpui-o-te-uira | marked by lighting | Tāpui-o-te-uira |
| Taputeranga | pā of Tamai Rangi, a Rangitāne chieftainess | pā on Taputeranga Island |
| Taputeranga | the pā of Tamatea before he journeyed south | pā on Taputerangi (hill), a former island |
| Tapuwae | ancient pā, Ngāti Rokau were defeated here | pā in vicinity of Ruatoki North |
| Tapuwaeharuru | echoing footsteps | kāinga at Nukuhau (suburb) |
| Tarakihi | ancient pā of Te Ātiawa | pā at mouth of Warea River (Teikaparua) |
| Taranaki | Tahurangi ascended the summit of the maunga then known as Pukeonaki and lit a fire to affix the name of his son-in-law Ruataranaki, and establish authority over the lands | Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont |
| Tāranga | husband of Te Hinekaweka | Taranga Island |
| Taraoneone | mentioned in the saying ‘Taraoneone ki runga Tahitokuru ki raro’ (Taraoneone is the pā, Tahitokuru is the chief) | Taraoneone |
| Tararua | twin peaks | Tararua Range |
| Tarawera | burnt chasm on the peak of the maunga | Lake Tarawera |
| Tarawera | burnt chasm on the peak of the maunga | Mount Tarawera |
| Tāruarau | for its many ridges and saddles | Taruarau River |
| Tātāhoata | a Tūhoe pā | pā northeast of Ruatahuna (locality) |
| Tauhara | to stand alone or the forlorn lover | Tauhara |
| Tauira Mateāwhā | for Hineuru and Ngāti Tū tūpuna Tauira and his wife Mateāwha who leapt to her death here | wāhi tapu west of Te Waka (peak) |
| Taumaharua | the hill of ancient invocations | Taumaharua |
| Taumaihi | a small tower in a pā where missiles could be thrown from | pā on 352m hill by Mangakara Stream, east side of Maungatautari |
| Taumarunui | bountiful year | kāinga at Taumarunui |
| Taumata-o-Hine | peak where Rangipororo rested | Taumataohine |
| Taumatawīwī | a lookout among the rushes, site of a great 1830 battle between Ngāti Hauā and the Marutūahu iwi | battle site at south side of Lake Karapiro, once a terrace rising 60m above Waikato River |
| Taunga-ā-tara | the perch or landing place of the tern and other sea birds | Taungatara Stream |
| Taupirikūao | the offspring of Taupiri, a Ngāti Mahuta pā | pā just north of Taupiri (locality) |
| Taupō-nui-a-Tia | large taupō cloak of Tia | Lake Taupō / Taupōmoana |
| Tauranga | landing for waka | Tauranga Harbour |
| Tauranga | landing place, or arrival of Tāneatua | Tauranga River |
| Tauraroa | long rope | Tauraroa River |
| Tāurekaitai | not known | Pōrangahau River |
| Tautāne | ceremony connected with a portion of the kūmara garden set apart for the god of horticulture | Tautane Stream |
| Tauwhare | where the breastbone of Kiwi Tāmaki was hung from a pūriri tree | pā on 117m hill east of Woodhill (locality) |
| Tauwhare Papauma | from ‘Te Whare o Papauma’ for the where the spear ‘Papauma’ cast by Tūpai came to rest | pā and significant site at Titiokura Summit |
| Tauwharenīkau | Haunui-a-Nanaia discovered a house thatched with nīkau palm | Tauwharenīkau River |
| Tauwharenīkau | Haunui-a-Nanaia discovered a house thatched with nīkau palm | kāinga in vicinity of Tauwharenīkau (locality) |
| Tawaketohunga | major ridge used by Mōkai Pātea iwi for food gathering | Tawake Tohunga Range |
| Tāwharanui | from a whakataukī symbolically describing the rich resources ‘He whā tawhara ki uta, He kiko tāmure ki tai’ (the flowering bracts of the kiekie on the land, the flesh of the snapper in the sea) | Tāwharanui Peninsula |
| Tāwhata | not known | kāinga at Tawhata (locality) |
| Tāwhirirourou | the waving of food baskets to visitors of this Ngāti Tamakōpiri pā | pā just south of Opaea (locality) |
| Tawhitirahi | widespread, named by Puhikaiariki after a similar island in Hawaiki | Poor Knights Islands |
| Tāwhiuau | first row woven on string or cord | Tawhiuau |
| Te Ahimanawa-a-Kohipipi | where Te Kohipipi ate the hearts of those slain to avenge his daughter’s murder | significant site northwest of Titiokura Summit |
| Te Ahi-pūpū-a-Ihenga | the fire on which Ihenga cooked shellfish | kāinga at foot of Mount Parihaka |
| Te Aho-a-Māui | the coast is the fishing line of Māui, the point where it was held | Cape Turnagain |
| Te Ahuahu | a Hawaiki name, or where the crew of the Tākitimu heaped warm sand on themselves | Great Mercury Island (Ahuahu) |
| Te Ahu-a-Tūranga | where Tūranga-i-mua, son of Turi, was pursued and killed | pass over Ruahine Range north of Manawatu Gorge |
| Te Ahumairangi | possibly named by Kupe in association with several ‘Kairangi’ names | Te Ahumairangi Hill |
| Te Ahumatā | a rich source of obsidian for weapons, tool making and trade | Te Ahumata |
| Te Ana-o-Hau | where Haunui-a-Nanaia tunnelled through a rock with a karakia | Te Ana-o-Hau |
| Te Anauriuri | the cave of phallic symbols, reputed to have been home to Maniapoto | Maniapoto Cave |
| Te Aparangi | ancient Ngāti Tamaoho settlement, important for its fertile soils and strategic position | kāinga southeast of Red Hill (suburb) across Waipokapū Stream |
| Te Āpiti | the cleft created when Okatia in the form of a great tōtara pushed through the range | Manawatu Gorge |
| Te Āpura | the blockage, a plug | kāinga at Te Puru (locality) |
| Te Arataumaihi | refers to the wooden supports for a meeting house | kāinga at Bulls (locality) |
| Te Aratiatia | stairway of Tia | former rapids now submerged in Lake Aratiatia |
| Te Arawī | the path in the tussock, stronghold of Te Rauparaha | pā at Anaomaki Point |
| Te Areare | an important māhinga kai for Maungaharuru-Tangitū hapū where all kinds of kaimoana could be found | mahinga kai west of Whakaari (point) |
| Te Aroha-a-uta | the love of Rāhiri flowing inland | Te Aroha |
| Te Atuamahuru | not known | Te Atua Mahuru |
| Te Au-kānapanapa | glittering current | coastal point at Whangaroa Bay |
| Te Awa a te Atua | the stream of life | Te Awa a te Atua Beach |
| Te Awa Kairangi | Hawaiki name given by Kupe | Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River |
| Te Awahaehae | a cut in the land from an old channel of the Rangitīkei | pā on terrace of Rangitīkei River at Omatane (locality) |
| Te Awakari-a-Ngātoroirangi | the channel dug by Ngātoroirangi | Maketu Estuary |
| Te Awarua | kāinga of Ngāi Te Ohuake and associated hapū including Ngāti Hinemanu | kāinga southwest of confluence of Whakaurekou River and Rangitīkei River |
| Te Awarua-o-Porirua | from Parirua, the ‘flowing of two tides’, also the name of a local taniwha | Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour |
| Te Hapū-a-Kohe | a rāhui was placed on the range to reserve pigeons for Kohe during her pregnancy. On receiving many baskets of birds Kohe caused great offense by eating them all without sharing with her family and tribe | Hapuakohe Range |
| Te Hapū-a-Kohe | a rāhui was placed on the range to reserve pigeons for Kohe during her pregnancy | Hapuakohe |
| Te Hauturu-o-Toi | the windswept post of Toitehuatahi | Te Hauturu-o-Toi / Little Barrier Island |
| Te Hiwi-a-Tamakōpiri | where Tamakōpiri separated from his father Tamatea Pōkai Whenua | ridge north of Waiouru by Waitangi Stream |
| Te Hō | Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Pōtiki pā and urupā where important tūpuna buried at the summit could view their former home of Tūhua | pā on Bowentown Heads |
| Te Hoe-o-Tainui | an oar of the Tainui waka was caught in the mud of the Piako river mouth and abandoned, later gravitating upriver to become this peak | Te Hoe |
| Te Hokianga-a-Kupe | the returning of Kupe | Hokianga Harbour |
| Te Hopuni | to rest or camp | kāinga at Te Puna Estuary |
| Te Horohoroinga-o-ngā-ringa-o-Kahumatamomoe | the washing of the hands of Kahumatamomoe | Te Horohoroinga-o-ngā-ringa-o-Kahumatamomoe |
| Te Houhou | from ‘Houhou i te rongo’, part of a saying, and referring to peace established between Ngāti Apa and Ngāti Hauiti | kāinga southeast of Rata (locality) at Rangitīkei River |
| Te Hurakia-o-Kahu | the discovery by Kahu | Hauhungaroa Range |
| Te Iaroa | long river current | landing site with defensive pā at Waikato River south of Pōkeno |
| Te Ika-a-Māui | the fish caught by Māui | Te Ika-a-Māui or North Island |
| Te Ikaroa-a-Māui | the long fish of Māui | Cape Egmont |
| Te Ika-whenua-a-Tamatea-ki-te-Huatahi | the main range of Tamatea-ki-te-Huatahi | Ikawhenua Range |
| Te Ipu-o-Taraia | ‘the vessel of Taraia’, named when he arrived here by waka | significant site at mouth of Ngaruroro River |
| Te Kahanui-a-Tikirākau | the great rope (of a seine net) of Tikirākau | Te Kaha Point |
| Te Kaingaroa-a-Haungaroa | the long eating of Haungaroa | kāinga in vicinity of Kaingaroa Forest |
| Te Kairanga | a Rangitāne pā | pā in vicinity of Linton Military Camp |
| Te Kakau | for the adze handle of Kupe | Te Kakau Point |
| Te Kakepuku-o-Kahu | the maunga over which Kahu climbed when pregnant | Kakepuku |
| Te Kaokao-roa-o-Patetere | the armpit of Patetere | broad area between right bank of Waikato River and Mamaku Plateau |
| Te Kaponga | the lace fern | kāinga at junction of Taupiri Stream and Whanganui River |
| Te Kauaeranga | tattooed jaw | kāinga at mouth of Kauaeranga River at Thames |
| Te Kauri | an old pā of Ngāti Ranginui | pā at Kauri Point |
| Te Kauwae-a-Māui | the jawbone of Māui | Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui |
| Te Kawa-o-Tāwhaki | the sacred order of Tāwhaki, a whare wānanga | Te Kawa-o-Tāwhaki |
| Te Kawau | the shag, famous fortified Ngāti Tama island pā | pā on island at Wharau Stream |
| Te Kawau-tūmārō-o-Toi | the stoic shag of Toitehuatahi | Kawau Island |
| Te Koau | Tamatea Pōkai Whenua wished he were a shag so he could fly over this gully | significant site in upper reaches of Kōau Stream |
| Te Kōhatu-whakairi-a-Ngātoroirangi | the sanctified rock set up by Ngātoroirangi | rock at Pohatuwhakairi Bay |
| Te Kohuroa | for the sea mist which sometimes hangs in the bay | pā at south of Te Kohuroa / Mathesons Bay |
| Te Kōpua-Kau-Tāpapa-a-Te Hoka-o-te-Rangi | where Te Hoka-o-te-Rangi swam across the Rangitīkei with his pack on his back | significant site at Rangitīkei River, southwest of Tikitiki Bush |
| Te Korowai-o-Te-Tonga | the cloak of the south | Te Korowai-o-Te-Tonga Peninsula |
| Te Kūititanga-o-te-whakaaro-o-ngā-iwi | the convergence or the narrowing of the thoughts of the people, where the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Maniapoto lived with his wife, Paparauwhare | kāinga at Te Kūiti (locality) |
| Te Kura-a-Māia | training ground for young Ngāi Te Rangi warriors | pā at Papatu Point |
| Te Māhia-mai-Tawhiti | Māhia from afar, a Hawaiki name | Māhia Peninsula |
| Te Māipi | named by Kupe for it was shaped like his weapon, which he then buried at the summit | Te Māipi |
| Te Mana-o-Kupe-ki-te-Moana-nui-a-Kiwa | the prestige of Kupe who crossed the great ocean of Kiwa | Mana Island |
| Te Maraeroa | home to Ngāti Manuhiri rangatira Rāhui Te Kiri and Tenetahi Paraone | significant site and flats at Maraeroa (locality) at southwest of Te Hauturu-o-Toi / Little Barrier Island |
| Te Mata-o-Rongokako | the face of Rongokako, father of Tamatea Pōkai Whenua | Te Mata Peak |
| Te Matau-a-Māui | the fishhook of Māui | Hawke Bay |
| Te Mauku | important pā of Tūhoe and Tānemoeahi | pā just north of Tāneatua |
| Te Maungamaupaki | the maunga that entraps fair skies | Maumaupaki / Camels Back |
| Te Māwhai | a parasitic plant | Māwhai Point |
| Te Moana i kataina ā Te Rangitakaroro | when one of his warriors referred to the lake as an ocean, Te Rangitakaroro laughed so hard he fell off the rock he was sitting on | Lake Ōkataina/Te Moana i kataina ā Te Rangitakaroro |
| Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi | the ocean of Toitehuatahi | Bay of Plenty |
| Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa | the great ocean of Kiwa | South Pacific Ocean |
| Te Moana-o-Raukawa | those crossing the strait used raukawa or kawakawa leaves to avoid seeing the tapu islands Ngā Whatukaiponu lest they revive Te Whekenui | Cook Strait |
| Te Moenga-hau-o-Tamatekapua | the windy sleeping place of Tamatekapua (who is buried on the summit) | Moehau |
| Te Mōrere | youths of the pā would swing over a swimming pool in the river with long ropes attached to a tree | Te Mōrere Pā at Sentry Hill (locality) southwest of Waitara |
| Te Motu Tohorā | refers to the kaitiaki of the tupuna Manaia | island to southeast of Great Barrier Island (Aotea Island) |
| Te Motu-a-Ihenga | the island of Ihenga | Motuihe Island / Te Motu-a-Ihenga |
| Te Motu-o-Kura | the island belonging to Kura | Te Motu-o-Kura / Bare Island |
| Te Motu-o-Poutoa | for the elevated site of this Rangitāne pā | Te Motu o Poutoa, pā on left bank of Manawatū River at Anzac Park, Palmerston North |
| Te Motu-tapu-a-Tinirau | the sacred island of Tinirau, a Hawaiki name referring to the ancestor of all fish | Motutapu Island |
| Te Nehenehenui | the great forest | forest across Te Rohe Pōtae (the King Country) |
| Te Ngutu-o-te-manu | the beak of the bird | pā northeast of Manaia at Ahipara Road |
| Te Nuku-o-Mourea | Te Nuku refers to ‘movement’ and Mourea is a spiritual name, being where spirits surface after entering Te Poka Tōrere | Columbia Bank / Te Nuku-o-Mourea |
| Te Ō-a-Hei | the exclamation of Hei at the beauty of this place | kāinga in vicinity of Hahei (locality) |
| Te Ohāki | the death bed wish | kāinga north of Huntly West (suburb) on Waikato River left bank |
| Te Okohoroi | from ‘Ko Kemureti tōku oko horoi’, King Tāwhiao referring to Cambridge [and Lake Ko Utu] as his wash basin of sorrow | significant site at Lake Te Ko Utu, Cambridge |
| Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē | the long coast of Tōhē, descriptively and figuratively for his many endeavours | Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach |
| Te Onetapu | the sacred sands, referring to the killing of Taiteariki | Te Onetapu |
| Te Oreore | a travelling chief emerged from the bush and shook with delight when he saw flat fertile plains | kāinga in vicinity of Te Ore Ore (locality) |
| Te Pae-a-Whaitiri | the range of thunder | western part of Tararua Range inland from Waikanae |
| Te Paepae o Aotea | the beam across the front of a house named Aotea | Te Paepae o Aotea |
| Te Paerahi | descriptively, the wide horizon | coastal kāinga near Pōrangahau River mouth |
| Te Paeroa-a-Toitehuatahi | the long mountain range of Toitehuatahi | broader than Coromandel Range from Moehau (hill) south to Te Aroha (hill) |
| Te Pane-o-Horoiwi | Ngāti Paoa pā (circa 1800) | pā at Achilles Point |
| Te Pā-o-Pōtangotango | pā belonging to Pō Tangotango and Ruatapu of Rangitāne and Muaūpoko | pā just north of Lake Horowhenua |
| Te Papa-a-Tarinuku | where Tarinuku presented Tamatea Pōkai Whenua with a calabash of food | significant site at The Narrows, Rangitīkei River |
| Te Papa-o-Rotu | place associated with whare wānanga set up by Rotu | kāinga in vicinity of Whatawhata (locality) |
| Te Pirongia-o-te-aroaro-o-Kahu | the scented pathway of Kahu | Pirongia |
| Te Poroporo | for the plant whose unripe fruit is extremely toxic, although ripe fruit and immature leaves are edible | small bay north of Cape Turnagain |
| Te Pou-a-Hauiti | where Hauiti erected a pou as a warning to Ngāti Tūwharetoa | significant site southeast of Waiouru |
| Te Pounui-o-Peretū | the ‘Great Carved Post’ of Peretū | Ponui Island / Chamberlins Island |
| Te Pū Taumaru | the shadowed foot of the maunga | coastal kāinga at Hongikore Stream |
| Te Puia | for the hot springs welling up through the sand | Hot Water Beach |
| Te Puke-o-Kahu | the sacred hill of Kahukura, as named by her son Rākamaomao | 585m hill south of Lake Whakamaru, north of 692m hill Whakaahu |
| Te Puke-o-Rakamaomao | the hill of the Tainui tupuna Rakamaomao | Pukeoraka |
| Te Pureora-o-Kahu | the ritual which aided the recovery of Kahu after giving birth | Pureora |
| Te Puru | a Ngāti Apa pā of the 19th century | pā between Halcombe (locality) and Rangitīkei River |
| Te Pūtiki-wharanui-a-Tamatea-pōkai-whenua | the topknot of Tamatea, tied with wharanui flax | kāinga near Whanganui River mouth at Putiki (locality) |
| Te Rae-o-Kōhī | the forehead of Kōhī | headland at Kōhī Point |
| Te Rae-o-Tangoio | the forehead of Tangoio, which he named on his deathbed | pā near the mouth of Te Ngarue Stream |
| Te Ramanui | the great light that was unleashed from the mind, an ancient Ngāti Ruanui settlement and wāhi tapu with a large altar | pā at west of Hāwera |
| Te Ranga-a-te-Atua | not known | Rangioteatua |
| Te Rangi-i-Totongia-a-Tamatekapua | the day of blood, for Tamatekapua was wounded in battle at Motutapu Inlet | Rangitoto Island |
| Te Rangiwhakamatuku | for Te Rangiwhakamatuku, son of Te Ohuake | Rangiwhakamataku |
| Te Rau-o-te-Huia | the tail feathers of the huia, named by Maki for his home in Kāwhia | Te Rau-o-te-Huia / Mount Donald McLean |
| Te Rei | the spirits’ high departure portal | Te Rei |
| Te Rēinga | leaping off place of the spirit | Te Reinga Falls |
| Te Rerenga o Te Aohuruhuru | the leap (suicide) of Te Aohuruhuru | coastal rock at the east of Taraoneone |
| Te Rerenga Wairua | departing place of the spirits | Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua |
| Te Rimurapa | named by Kupe for the giant kelp he used to make pōhā (bags) to preserve food | Sinclair Head / Te Rimurapa |
| Te Rite-a-Kawharu | where a pūriri tree marked the height of Kawharu the giant | Te Rite-a-Kawharu Pā on Te Rite-a-Kawharu Hill |
| Te Riu-o-Puanga | the reflection of Puanga (the star, Rigel) in the waters of the valley | kāinga at Moawhango (locality) |
| Te Roro-o-Kurī | the brains of the dog | Rorookuri |
| Te Roto kite ā Ihenga i ariki ai Kahu | from Te Rotoiti-i-kite-a-Ihenga-ariki-ai-Kahumatamomoe, the small lake discovered by Ihenga in honour of Kahumatamomoe | Lake Rotoiti/Te Roto kite ā Ihenga i ariki ai Kahu |
| Te Rotorua nui ā Kahumatamomoe | the second and greater lake named in honour of Kahumatamomoe | Lake Rotorua/Te Rotorua nui ā Kahumatamomoe |
| Te Ruapekapeka | the burrow of bats | mahinga kai at southwest of Ohakune |
| Te Tai Hauāuru | the sea of the west | sea off central west coast of Te Ika-a-Māui |
| Te Tai Rāwhiti | sea of the rising sun | sea off east coast of Te Ika-a-Māui |
| Te Tai Tamatāne | strong flowing tides (masculine) | sea off northwest coast of Te Ika-a-Māui |
| Te Tai Tamawahine | calm east coast tides or ocean where women could paddle waka | sea off northeast coast of Te Ika-a-Māui |
| Te Tai Tokerau | seas off the northern coasts | sea from Cape Karikari or Cape Whakapouaka to Bream Head |
| Te Tai-o-Rehua | the ocean of the powerful atua Rehua, one of the sons of Rangi and Papa | Tasman Sea |
| Te Tangi-aronui-o-Kahu | the pensive sobs of Kahumatamomoe having buried his father | kāinga at Port Charles (locality) |
| Te Tāpiri | Ngāti Whare pou rāhui defining the boundaries of Te Whāiti-Nui-a-Toi | Te Tāpiri |
| Te Tara-o-Te-Ika | the barb of the fish of Māui | Coromandel Peninsula |
| Te Tara-o-te-marama | important pā taken by Ngāti Kurapoto and in turn besieged by Ngāti Tūwharetoa | pā at Lake Rotongaio |
| Te Taumata-a-Mekura | for the tupuna Mekura | Taumataomekura |
| Te Taumatawhakatangihangakōauau otamateaturipūkākāpikimaungahoronuku pōkaiwhenuakitanatahu | the peak where Tamatea the great traveller ascended fiercely up the mountainside, slipping and falling about so that he could play laments for his brother on his kōauau | Taumatawhakatangihangakōauauotamateapōkaiwhenuakitānatahu |
| Te Tauroa | the long waiting of Kahutianui for the return of her father | Tauroa Point |
| Te Tawhiti-nui-a-Paoa | the expansive view of Paoa | Tawhiti |
| Te Teoteo | part of the line of defensive positions built by Ngāti Tamaoho in 1863 against the Crown invasion of the Waikato | Te Teoteo Pā, adjacent to Whangamarino Redoubt, southeast of Mercer (locality) |
| Te Tiki-o-te-Ihingaarangi | refers to the Ngāti Raukawa tupuna Ihingaarangi | pā southwest of Karapiro (locality) |
| Te Toka-Tapu-a-Kupe | the sacred rock of Kupe | Te Toka-Tapu-a-Kupe / Ninepin Rock |
| Te Tuna-a-Te-Ohuake | where Te Ohuake had a pet eel | significant site south of Ngamahango (place) |
| Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto | ‘the drawing out of Rangitoto’, referring to an ancient pūrākau concerning Tiriwa and other tūpuna | Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto / Mercer Bay |
| Te Upoko-o-te-kurī-a-Paoa | the head of the dog of Paoa | Young Nicks Head / Te Kurī |
| Te Urenui | the large penis | Te Urenui Pā on right bank of Urenui River near the mouth |
| Te Uri | area of ancient Kahungunu settlement | inland hills between Pōrangahau and Dannevirke |
| Te Waewae-Kapiti-o-Tara-rāua-ko-Rangitāne | the boundary line between Tara and Rangitāne | Kapiti Island |
| Te Wāhipuku | the cut-opened stomach, an incident where an ancient chief met their fate | Lake Waahi |
| Te Wai o Tūranga | the spring where Pakuia and Tūranga made peace | spring at the eastern foot of Coast Hill |
| Te Wai-a-Kura | historic pā of Heretaunga Tamatea hapū | pā on 219m coastal hill north of Waimārama (locality) |
| Te Waikiekie/Te Roha-a-te-kawau | two fortified pā on artificial islands built by Muaūpoko | two pā at outlet to Lake Horowhenua |
| Te Waiu o Pukemaire | not known | Te Waiu o Pukemaire/Braemar Springs |
| Te Weraiti | a little fire | Te Weraiti |
| Te Whakamarumaru-a-Kahu | the shelter of Kahu | significant site at Whakamaru Lookout |
| Te Whakarae | to stand out, prominent | kāinga at Te Whakarae (locality) |
| Te Whakatiri | the action of removing Tapu | Lottin Point / Wakatiri |
| Te Whakatūrākau | a Ngāti Kahungunu tupuna | Te Whakatūrākau Stream |
| Te Whākauae-a-Tamatea | the jawbone of Tamatea Pōkai Whenua | hills west of Hautapu River and Taihape |
| Te Whāngai-a-Tamarāwaho | where tuangi (New Zealand cockle) was gathered especially for pregnant mothers | mahinga kai at tidal sandbank, Waikareao Estuary |
| Te Whanganui-a-Orotū | the great harbour of Orotū, descendant of Māhu and tupuna of the Ahuriri hapū | former lagoon (aka Ahuriri Lagoon) northwest of Napier uplifted by 1931 earthquake |
| Te Whanganui-a-Tara | great harbour of Tara | Wellington Harbour / Port Nicholson |
| Te Whanga-o-Motairehe | refers to the connection of Ngāti Rehua to the Tainui waka | Katherine Bay |
| Te Whanga-o-Rangiwhakaea | refers to the connection of Ngāti Rehua to the Tainui waka | Rangiwhakaea Bay |
| Te Whanga-o-Rarohara | named by the tupuna Turi marking the bountiful waters and plentiful harvests | Port Fitzroy |
| Te Wharekaiatua | may refer to the dangerous sea currents surging through the channel off the point | Cape Colville |
| Te Whata-a-Tamakōpiri | the food stores of Tamakōpiri | significant site on Te Whata (hill) |
| Te Whatu | a name from the time of the waka migration | Te Whatu / Berghan Point |
| Te Whetūmatarau | ancient pā of Ngāti Porou | pā on hill south of Te Araroa (locality) |
| Te Whitianga-a-Kupe | the arrival place of Kupe after having crossed over from Hawaiki | Whitianga Harbour |
| Te-Hāwere-a-Maki | the ear pendant of Maki, father of the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Manuhiri. Site of paramount importance to the iwi | Te Hāwere-a-Maki / Goat Island |
| Terāwhiti | "that is the east", the answer Cook received from Topea at Motuara, having asked for the name of the headland across Te Raukawa-o-Moana | Cape Terawhiti |
| Tīeke | the saddleback bird | kāinga on Whanganui River left bank, south of Mangatiti Landing |
| Tihirau | many prominent peaks | Cape Runaway |
| Tīkapa Moana | sound of mournful sobbing, associated with Tīkapa [a rock at Horuhoru Rock (Gannet Rock)] where land claiming rites were performed | Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana |
| Tikitapu | a high-born chief’s daughter lost a treasured heirloom while swimming | Tikitapu / Blue Lake |
| Tikokino | a bad evacuation of the bowels | area around Tikokino (locality) |
| Tīmāhanga | for bird snares associated with the numerous cabbage trees | area between Sparrowhawk Range and Kaikomata Range |
| Tīpapakūkū | tree for snaring kūkū (pigeons, kererū) | area of Pigeon Bush (locality) |
| Tīraumea | cabbage tree leaves waving in the wind | Tīraumea River |
| Tiriparepa | for the flax cloak used in the lifting of tapu | Tiriparepa / Scott Point |
| Tiritirimatangi | named by Maki, father of the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Manuhiri, for it reminded him of his Waikato birthplace | Tiritiri Matangi Island |
| Tirorangi | Ngāti Rangi kāinga | kāinga at Whangaehu River south of Rangataua |
| Tirotirowhetū | strategic Tūhoe pā of chief Rakuraku | pā south of Kutarere (locality) |
| Tīrua | a place divided, two points | Tirua Point |
| Tītī | for tītī trees which grew on the slopes | Tītī |
| Titirākāhu | the hawk's nest, a sentry post | pā above Anzac Bay |
| Titirangi | hill or maunga reaching upward as to the sky | Mount Titirangi |
| Titiraupenga | to adorn the hair with special feathers | Titiraupenga |
| Titoki | not known | Titoki Ridge |
| Tiwhanui | the clifftop was used by Maungaharuru Tangitū hapū as a lookout for whales and schools of fish | significant coastal place north of Moeangiangi River mouth |
| Tohitohi-o-Reipae | for a famous Tainui tupuna wahine, a boundary marker and reminder of ancestral origins for Ngāti Manuhiri | The Dome |
| Tohoraha | the whale as viewed by Kupe out at sea | Tohoraha / Mount Camel |
| Tokanui | the great rock, one of three Ngāti Raukawa pā | pā on Te Kawa (hill) southwest of Tokanui (locality) |
| Tokatea | dazzling moonlight reflected off the white face of the maunga | Tokatea |
| Tokatoka | prominent sharp pointed rock formation on land or in water | Tokatoka |
| Tokatū | the upstanding rock, an important navigational marker for Ngāti Manuhiri | rock at Takatū Point |
| Tokerau | the north, a Hawaiki name | Bay of Islands |
| Tokomaru | to invoke power and authority, also a waka name | Tokomaru Bay |
| Tomorātā | for a sacred rātā tree where Manuhiri buried his brother among the gaps in the roots | significant site at Tomarata Lake |
| Tongapōrutu | where the anchor stone of Tokomaru was found | Tongapōrutu River |
| Tongariro | Ngātoroirangi cried he had been "seized by the south wind" | Mount Tongariro |
| Tōtara | Ngāti Maru pā, destroyed by Ngāpuhi in 1820s | pā at Totara (locality) |
| Tuakau | sterile or waste land | kāinga at Tuakau |
| Tuhimata | hill of sacred rituals | kāinga in vicinity of Ramarama (locality) |
| Tuhirangi | where it is written in the skies | Tuhirangi |
| Tūhua | obsidian, a Hawaiki name | Mayor Island / Tūhua |
| Tūhua | obsidian, a Hawaiki name | Tuhua |
| Tukituki | formed by the destructive fight of two taniwha | Tukituki River |
| Tūparehuia | garland decorated with huia feathers | Bland Bay |
| Turakina | where Haunui-a-Nanaia felled a tree to cross | Turakina River |
| Turakirae | to push down the foreland | Turakirae Head |
| Tūrangaarere | looking up from underneath a waterfall to see water overhead | waterfall on Hautapu River in vicinity of Turangarere (locality) |
| Tūranganui-a-Kiwa | the standing or waiting place of Kiwa (there are several stories) | Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay |
| Tūtaekurī | the entrails of seventy dogs were thrown in the river after a feast | Tutaekuri River |
| Tutamoi | the call of Tuta to his dog | Tutamoe |
| Tūtātarakihi | not known | Tūtātarakihi |
| Tūtira | important māhinga kai for Ngāti Tū, Ngāti Kurumōkihi/Ngāi Tatara | Lake Tūtira |
| Tutukākā | a tree where kākā (the parrot) are taken by mutu snare | Tutukaka Harbour |
| Ūawa-nui-a-Ruamatua | the great river of Ruamatua | Ūawa River |
| Uhimānuka | for a mānuka shade Rakairangi made for his eyes | significant site at Carter Scenic Reserve |
| Umutōī | for the cooking of tōī (Mountain cabbage tree) | significant site at Iron Gates Gorge |
| Urenui | the great manhood of Turi | Urenui River |
| Urungaparāoa | whalebone pillow | cave under Moeatoa (hill) |
| Urutī | grove of cabbage trees | Urutī Point |
| Waewae | from the origins of Waikaremoana '...i hōkari ngā ringa me ngā waewae o Haumapuhia, kātahi ka pōkare ngā wai’: Haumapuhia stretched out her arms and legs, and the waters were agitated and disturbed | Waewae Creek |
| Wai-a-Niu | ancient Ngāti Ira pā | pā at junction of Waipaoa River and Waikohu River |
| Waianuanu | very cold water | Waianuanu |
| Waiapu | stone for grinding found in this valley | Waiapu River |
| Wai-ariki | the high chief’s water | Mount Wai-ariki |
| Waiau | fast flowing river | Waiau River |
| Waiaua | where Kahumatamomoe had an easy meal of mullet, for they leapt ashore to escape larger fish | Coromandel Harbour |
| Waiaua | water of aua (yellow-eye mullet) | Waiaua River |
| Waiāwangawanga | Haunui-a-Nanaia considered that for its many bends, the river was confused and didn't know where it was going | Waingawa River |
| Waihāhā | a Hawaiki name | Waihāhā River |
| Waihē | ‘Kō te iti o Waihē, he puta kino nui', the rich resources of the harbour were jealously guarded and fought for | Mahurangi Heads |
| Waiheke | the descending waters | Waiheke Island |
| Waihī | the sound of gushing water | kāinga in vicinity of Waihi Beach (locality) |
| Waihī | the sound of the water that gushed forth when Kahumatamomoe tapped the ground with his staff | kāinga at southwest corner of Lake Taupō / Taupōmoana |
| Waihinga | cascading waters | site just west of Martinborough |
| Waihōu | new waters | Waihou River |
| Waikanae | where Haunui-a-Nanaia stood bewildered by the rushing water | Waikanae River |
| Waikare | rippling water | Waikare River |
| Waikare | rippling water | Lake Waikare |
| Waikareiti | small lake of rippling water | Lake Waikareiti |
| Waikaremoana | lake of rippling water | Lake Waikaremoana |
| Waikari | fast or strong | Waikari River |
| Waikato | the action of the mixing of fresh water as it flows into the sea and the 'action' of the sea as it 'plucks' the river water from its source (a Hawaiki name) | Waikato River |
| Waikawa | bitter waters | Waikawa Point |
| Waikawa | here Kahungunu only found salt water to drink | Portland Island |
| Waikawau | waters of the shag | Waikawau Bay |
| Waikawau | river frequented by shags | Waikawau River |
| Waikeri | to dig for freshwater, a water source for Te Uri-o-Hau settlements | Waikeri Creek |
| Waikohu | mist or fog blanketed river | Waikohu River |
| Waimā | whitish water | Waimā River |
| Waimamaku | the water of the mamaku fern, named by Tōhē for a river of the same name in Muriwhenua | Waimamaku River |
| Waimārama | pā of Ngāti Tara people | pā in vicinity of Waimārama (locality) |
| Waimata | landmark for travelling parties | Waimata River |
| Waimīmiha | not known | Waimīmiha |
| Waingongoro | where Turi snored | Waingongoro River |
| Wainui-o-Rū | the big stream of Rū, a land surveyor | Wainuioru River |
| Waiohine | for the tears shed by Haunui-a-Nanaia when he imagined seeing the face of his wife Wairaka in the water | Waiohine River |
| Waiotahe | associated with menstruation | Waiotahe River |
| Waiotapu | sacred water | Waiotapu Stream |
| Waioweka | water of the weka | Waioeka River |
| Waioweka | water of the weka | kāinga at Waioeka (locality) |
| Waipā | river touched by many waterways | Waipā River |
| Wai-pāhīhī-a-Tia | where Tia walked along a beach and his feet squelched | kāinga at Waipahihi (suburb) |
| Waipaoa | river of Paoa | Waipaoa River |
| Waipari | tidal waters on a cliff | Waipare Stream |
| Waipawa | after the name of the river, created by the fight of two taniwha | area around Waipawa (locality) |
| Waipawa | the battle of two taniwha split the ranges holding back a lake, thus forming the river | Waipawa River |
| Waipoua | to test the depth with a walking stick | Waipoua River [from Tararua Range] |
| Waipoua | to clean poua (shellfish, a type of large pipi) in freshwater | Waipoua River [south of Hokianga Harbour] |
| Waipuhi | a chief who led a war against Ngāti Hotu | kāinga north of Clive |
| Waipukurau | for a pool where basket fungus was soaked to make it edible | mahinga kai at northeast of Waipukurau |
| Waipunga | river where anchor obtained | Waipunga River |
| Wairākei | place of adornment | kāinga in vicinity of Papamoa Beach (suburb) |
| Wairarapa | the reflection of the sun on the lake as caught in the eyes of Haunui-a-Nanaia, making them water | Lake Wairarapa |
| Wairau | dammed up with leaves | Wairau River |
| Wairere | traditional Te Uri-o-Hau freshwater gathering site | Lake Wairere |
| Wairoa | long stretch of water, as a river | Wairoa River [north of Kaipara Harbour] |
| Wairoa | long stretch of water | Wairoa River [west of Hunua Ranges] |
| Wairoa | long stretch of water | Wairoa River [flowing to Tauranga Harbour] |
| Wairoatapokorau | long river with many risks | Wairoa River [flowing by Wairoa (town)] |
| Wairua | spiritual, or two rivers | Wairua River |
| Waitahanui | large and ancient pā of Tūwharetoa | pā in the Tongariro River estuary, now submerged |
| Waitahanui | river where cabbage trees were cultivated for food | Waitahanui River |
| Waitakaruru | the surrounding waters of agitation | kāinga at Waitakaruru (locality) |
| Waitangi | lamenting waters | Waitangi River |
| Waitaranui-a-Ngarue | the wide strides Turi took crossing the river | Waitara River |
| Waitāwheta | writhing waters | Waitawheta River |
| Waitematā | Tamatekapua placed a volcanic rock at the harbour as a mauri | Waitematā Harbour |
| Waitoa | where warriors were taken for blessings before or after battle | Waitoa River |
| Waitōtara | river flowing through or near a tōtara forest | Waitōtara River |
| Waiuku | pugged soil or muddy water | Waiuku River |
| Wakahau | a Hawaiki name | Slipper Island (Whakahau) |
| Wakatehāua | Tōhē considered it looked like a waka the gods made for fishing | Wakatehāua Island |
| Wakatūwhenua | landing place of the waka Moekākara, known prosaically as Wakatūwhenua for the crew’s health after their difficult voyage | bay south of Te Hāwere-a-Maki / Goat Island |
| Whāingaroa | named by Rakataura for the 'long pursuit' of the Tainui waka for a final destination | Whāingaroa Harbour |
| Whāingaroa | refers to the exasperation "what a long journey" of a woman waiting for her warrior husband who went south | Whangaroa Harbour |
| Whakaahurangi | a star marking the journey of Ruatahanga to marry | kāinga in vicinity of Stratford |
| Whakaari | the fire spirits Pupū and Te Hōata were sent from Hawaiki to save Ngātoroirangi from freezing on Tongariro and surfaced here to check where they were going | Whakaari / White Island |
| Whakahoro | to cause to crumble or scatter | kāinga at Whakahoro (locality) |
| Whakairi | upraised rock of Ngātoroirangi | Table Mountain |
| Whakapapa | recite genealogy in proper sequence | Whakapapa River |
| Whakapouaka | to make a support for a bird snare | Cape Whakapouaka |
| Whakapunake | the fore end or prow of the waka | Whakapunake |
| Whakarae | historic Tūhoe pā | pā south of Tahora (locality) |
| Whakatāne | to be as a man | Whakatāne River |
| Whakaū | encircling islands | Red Mercury Island (Whakau) |
| Whangaehu | where Haunui-a-Nanaia splashed through cloudy waters | Whangaehu River |
| Whangaehu | not known | mahinga kai south of Pōrangahau (locality) |
| Whangākea | where kea were caught | Whangākea / Pandora |
| Whangamarino | calm waters of the swamp | extensive wetlands north of Lake Waikare |
| Whangamatā | bay glistening with obsidian flakes | Whangamatā Harbour |
| Whangamōmona | wide and fertile river | Whangamōmona River |
| Whangamumu | harbour of boisterous winds | Whangamumu Harbour |
| Whanganui | the long wait of Haunui-a-Nanaia for the tides to change so that he could cross | Whanganui River |
| Whangaokeno | bay of sea lions or chiefs | Whangaokeno / East Island |
| Whanga-o-Maha | for the abundant natural resources | Omaha Cove |
| Whangaparāoa | bay of whales | Whangaparāoa Bay |
| Whangaparāoa | bay of whales | Whangaparaoa Peninsula |
| Whangapē | Hawaiki name | Lake Whangape |
| Whangapēkaraka | ancient pā of Ue Oneone | pā in vicinity of Whangapē (locality) |
| Whangapēkaraka | where Tōhē found people harvesting karaka berries | Whangapē Harbour |
| Whangapoua | enclosed waters of the poua (shellfish) | Whangapoua Harbour |
| Whangarā-mai-Tawhiti | ancient pā site of Paikea | pā in vicinity of Whangara (locality) |
| Whangaruru | sheltered harbour, named by Puhi | Whangaruru Harbour |
| Whangateau | harbour of the strong tidal current | Whangateau Harbour |
| Whanga-terenga-parāoa | harbour of swimming whales | Whangārei Harbour |
| Whareama | house where maihi (facing boards) are carved | Whareama River |
| Wharekahika | house made of the kahikatea tree | Wharekahika / Hicks Bay |
| Wharekāpu | from wharekāpunipuni, an assembly point after battle | Wharekāpu / Paxton Point |
| Whare-o-Rino | house belonging to Rino | Whareorino |
| Wharepūhunga | roughed out, unfinished carvings | Wharepūhunga |
| Wharetāewa | Ngāti Hei pā, destroyed by Ngāpuhi in 1820s | pā at south of Wharekaho Beach |
| Whatawhata | where Māhina-a-rangi climbed to see Maungatautari | significant site at confluence of Māhina-a-rangi Stream and Waiomou Stream |
| Whatitiri | thunder | Whatitiri |
| Whatumā | from 'te wāhi e mākona ai te whatumanawa o te tangata', the place where people’s sustenance is to be satisfied | Lake Whatumā |
| Wheao | a chief | Wheao River |
| Whenua ā-kura | refers to the birth of the eponymous ancestor Raukawa | wāhi tapu in Kaimai Range, north of State Highway 29 |
| Whenuakura | pā of Turi | pā at mouth of Pātea River |
| Whenuakura | red earth or land name from Hawaiki | Whenuakura River |
| Whetūkura | not known | significant site in vicinity of Whetukura (locality) |
| Whirinaki | leaning or sloping | Whirinaki River |
| Whitikau | derived from the name of the river, which Turi Arikinui had difficulty in crossing | mahinga kai northwest of Pātea (locality) |
| Whitikaupeka | the name of a post marking a crossing of the Rangitīkei | significant site where Taihape - Napier Road crosses Rangitīkei River |
| Whitireia | a pā of Paikea | pā on Whangara Island |
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| Ingoa | Kōrero | Ingoa o nāianei whakamārama rānei |
|---|---|---|
| Ahimanu | he ahi tunu manu | Ahimanu |
| Ahipara | he ahi tunu para (te huruwhenua) | Ahipara Bay |
| Ahu-o-te-Atua | te ahu tapu o ngā atua | Ahu-o-te-Atua |
| Ahuriri | mō Tū Ahuriri nāna i puare anō ai Te Whanganui-a-Orotū i te pāia o te putanga i Keteketerau | te waha o te hāpua o mua, o Te Whanganui-a-Orotū |
| Akatārere | he iringa kareao, i taunahatia kia kore ai e aro i ngā manene Pākehā kei hea ngā ana tūpāpaku | Akatārere |
| Ākitio | e ai ki te kōrero ko te ingoa tēnei o tētahi mere pounamu rongonui | takiwā ki Ākitio (wāhi) |
| Āniwaniwa | mō ngā āniwaniwa i te hīrere | Āniwaniwa Falls |
| Āniwaniwa | kāinga o Ngāti Korokī-Kahukura, wāhi whakawhiti i te Waikato | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Finlay Road, Lake Karapiro |
| Aohanga | e pā ana ki te awa o Aohanga | takiwā ki Aohanga (wāhi) |
| Aohanga | e pā ana ki te awa o Aohanga | Aohanga Hill |
| Aohanga | e ai ki te kōrero ka maea ake tētahi taniwha i tētahi toka i te awa, he kōrero whakatūpato tamariki ki te mōrearea o te ia o te wai | Aohanga River |
| Aorangi | he aho mai i te rangi, i taunahatia e Puhikaiariki ki tētahi motu i Hawaiki | Aorangi Maunga |
| Aorangi | te rua o Pohokura, mōkai a Tamatea Pōkai Whenua | Aorangi |
| Aotea | i taunahatia ki te waka tupuna, i te roa noa atu e takahi ana i te au moana, ka utaina ki te kōhatu kia totohu atu ki te wahapū | Aotea Harbour |
| Aotea | te motu e iria ana e te ao tea, he ingoa waka, he ingoa whetū anō | Great Barrier Island (Aotea Island) |
| Aramoana | te ara i te moana, i te mea pea ka taea noa te tahatika te whakawhiti ina timu te tai | papa tahatika kei Aramoana (wāhi) |
| Arapae | he ara kei te pae, he pā hiranga nui ki a Wahanui | he pā kei runga hiwi ki te uru-mā-raki o Arapae (wāhi) |
| Arawairua | te ara wairua | tūtakitanga moana kei Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua |
| Āria | he wairepo ka huri hei āria, hei roto hōhonu i muri o te ua | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Āria (wāhi) |
| Arohaki | nō te kōrero mō te 'hoka takitahi a te manu ki runga ka āmio mai ai’ | Arohaki Lagoon |
| Aropaoanui | e aro ana ki tētahi wāhi nui te paoa | Aropaoanui River |
| Arowhana | ka whana, ka ahū kē rānei | Arowhana |
| Aruwaru | te wāhi i tahuna ai e Rangitāne o te Manawatū he ahi e whakapuatia ai ngā whanaunga i ngā wā o te riri | Aruwaru |
| Ātiamuri | mō Tia e whai ana i muri, i whakawhiti hoki a Ngātoroirangi i te awa o Waikato i mua i a Tia | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Ātiamuri (wāhi) |
| Atuanui | tupuna maunga o Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara | Atuanui / Mount Auckland |
| Auahitōtara | auahi o te tōtara, he pā tūwatawata nō Ngāti Rangi | Auahitōtara Pā, kei runga hiwi 1120m te tiketike ki te rāwhiti o Waiouru |
| Awakino | he awa kino, he mōrearea | Awakino River |
| Awakura | he awa kura, he mahinga kai, he wāhi tapu | he mahinga kai kei ngā pūau o Red River me Ākitio River |
| Awanui | he awa nui | Awanui River |
| Awatere | he awa e tere ana te rere | Awatere River |
| Āwhitu | he wāhi e āwhitu ai te ngākau, he pā onamata (c.1650) nō Ngāti Kahukōkā o Tainui | pā kei te takiwā ki Wattle Bay (wāhi) |
| Hākarimata | he hākari e mata tonu ana ngā kai | Hakarimata Range |
| Hakikino | kāore e mōhiotia ana | pā kei te pūruatanga of te Maungatepopo Stream me te Wainuioru River |
| Hakikino | he pā hira onamata, te kauhanga riri nui whakamutunga a Ngāti Rangitāne me Ngāti Kahungunu | pā kei te tonga-mā-uru o Waimārama (wāhi) |
| Hangaroa | he rerenga wai roa te hanga | Hangaroa River |
| Harataunga | te taunga nui o te tangata, he whenua i tukua e Ngāti Raukatauri ki a Ngāti Tamaterā | Kennedy Bay |
| Haruru-o-te-rangi | nō ngā iwi o Tūwharetoa e noho ana i te taha o Rotoaira | he pā kei te taha tonga-mā-uru o Lake Rotoaira |
| Hauhungatahi | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Hauhungatahi |
| Hautapu | ka mate kiatu | Hautapu River |
| Hautūterangi | te pā o Te Rangi-tua-mātotoru | he pā kei Motutere (wāhi) |
| Heipipi | he pā nō Rangitāne i taunahatia ki tētahi pā i Te Tairāwhiti koinei anō te ingoa | he pā kei te takiwā ki Masterton |
| Heipipi | he pā onamata nō Whatumoana me ngā iwi o Ngāti Awa | he pā kei runga puke i te uru-mā-raki o Bay View (wāhi) |
| Herehereuma | mō te rangatira rākau kawa a Rāwiri Tamanui, i herehere i tana uma ki te taura kia heke ai i te pari | maunga e 829m te teitei e 16.5km ki te raki-mā-rāwhiti o Whatatutu (wāhi) |
| Herekino | he taputapu hopu manu i kino te hereherea | Herekino Harbour |
| Heretaunga | te here i te waka, i taunahatia ki te wharenui i hangaia e Whātonga i te ūnga mai ki konei | te mānia e noho mai rā a Hastings |
| Hikapu | te ingoa o tētahi rangatira o te pā o Kārearea | Hikapu / Mount Ross |
| Hikukoekoeā | te takiwā ki a Ngāti Kahungunu. Ko Tapuwae te rangatira | pā kei te takiwā ki Frasertown |
| Hikurangi | he tohu whenua, he tihi maunga ka rere ki te huapae o te rangi | Hikurangi |
| Hikurua | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Hikurua / de Surville Cliffs |
| Hinuwera | te pā rautaki o Te Waharoa | he pā kei te takiwā ki Hinuera (wāhi) |
| Hiorekata | he kāinga nō Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara | kāinga kei te uru o Woodhill (wāhi) |
| Hōkio | he oro whio i rongo ai a Hau | Hokio Stream |
| Honipaka | ka kai i te kai paka | wāhi kei te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Albatross Point |
| Hopekako | he pā onamata nō Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Pou | pā kei runga o Saint Peters (puke) |
| Horotea | i ahuahua e tētahi horo i te whenua pungapunga | Lake Horotea |
| Horowhenua | he whenua e kainga ana e te horo | Lake Horowhenua |
| Hōteo | he hue nunui | Hōteo River |
| Houhora | ka hora i ngā hou kia maroke ai | Houhora Harbour |
| Huiarau | he kupu whakarite mō tētahi mea e kaingākautia ana pērā i te hou o te huia | Huiarau Range |
| Hurunuiorangi | kāore e mōhiotia ana | kāinga kei te uru-mā-raki o Gladstone (wāhi), tahatika katau o te Ruamahanga River |
| Ikawetea | wāhi i wetea ai e Tamatea Pōkai Whenua rāua ko Kahungunu tā rāua kete ika hei kai mā rāua | Ikawetea Stream |
| Kahukurī | ‘te kahu kurī purepure’, mō te houhou i te rongo i waenganui i a Kawerau me Te Taoū | significant site kei te uru-mā-raki o Waimauku |
| Kahurānaki | mō te maunga ‘e whakaatu ana i a ia’ | Kahurānaki |
| Kaiaua | mō te huhua o te aua (he ika) | kāinga kei Kaiaua (wāhi) |
| Kaiawatea | pā onamata nō Tūwharetoa | pā kei te tonga-mā-uru o Tūrangi |
| Kaihoata | i taunahatia e Kupe mō te huhua o te manu i tōna whāroa | Kaihoata River |
| Kaihū | te wāhi i kai hū ai, i kai huna ai a Ihenga i te toheroa kia pau katoa atu | Kaihū River |
| Kaikai | te wāhi i kai kuku ai a Tōhē | toka kei Kaikai Beach, i te wahapū o te Waimamaku River |
| Kaikai | te pā i whakatūria e Maki, tupuna ake o Te Kawerau-a-Maki, me ana tama | Kaikai Pā, kei te taha tonga o te wahapū o te Kaukapakapa River |
| Kaikākā | tētahi wāhi nui tonu o te urupā o Ngāti Tamaoho | urupā kei Waiuku River, ki te tonga o Pukewhau Creek |
| Kaimanawa | ko "taku manawa taku kai" te whakautu a Ngātoroirangi i te uia mō tana ora i te koraha | Kaimanawa Mountains |
| Kaipara | te kai parahoe | Kaipara Harbour |
| Kaipara | te kai parahoe | Kaipara River |
| Kairara | te kai rara | Maunga Kairara |
| Kaitarakihi | te wāhi i pātaritia ai a Pūaho ki te wao e te patupaiarehe, ka noho kore kai mō ētahi rā, ka kai tarakihi (kihikihi) | Kaitarakihi |
| Kaituna | ko te tuna te kai | Kaituna River |
| Kaiwhaikī | he waha whaikōrero | kāinga kei te tahatika katau o te Whanganui River, kei te uru-mā-raki o Upokongaro (wāhi) |
| Kaiwhakareireia | he pā hira nō Ngāi Tauira | pā kei te takiwā ki Ormond (wāhi) |
| Kākāmōria | he mōria mō te kākā, he pā nō Ngāti Maniapoto i ngā tau 1800 | pā kei Hangatiki (wāhi) |
| Kākātarahae | te karehā a te kākā | Kakatarahae |
| Kākātarahae | he pā whakahirahira nō Tūhoe | pā kei te pūau o te Kotorenui Stream me te Owhakatoro Stream |
| Kāpiapia | mō te kāpia o te kauri | Kapiapia Rock |
| Kapowai | mō te kapokapowai, kei te paenga tahi o Ngāti Hei me Ngāti Tamaterā | Kapowai River |
| Kāpuni | te wāhi i tū ai te puni a Turi | Kapuni Stream |
| Kapūterangi | pā o Toitehuatahi | pā kei Kōhī Point, Whakatāne |
| Karanga Tūī | te karanga a te tūī | puke iti e 41m te tiketike kei te tonga o Paeroa |
| Karāpiro | te auahi piro o te pūkai tūpāpaku i runga toka i tahuna ki te ahi | wāhi hira kei te tonga o Karapiro (wāhi), kua pukea e te wai |
| Karetoki Whare | te wāhi i noho ai a Karetoki rāua ko Pania, tūpuna o te hapū o Ahuriri | kāinga kei te taha raki-mā-rāwhiti o Mataruahou (puke) |
| Kārewa | te kārewa | Kārewa / Gannet Island |
| Kārewa | te kārewa | Karewa Island kei waho atu o Matakana Island |
| Karihipōtae | te wāhi i patua ai a Rongopopoia kia mate | wahapū o Waiotahe River |
| Karioi | ka karioi, ka whakaroaroa | Mount Karioi |
| Katikara | te wāhi i rongo tuatahi ai a Turi i ngā reo o ētahi atu | Katikara Stream |
| Kawakawa | mō te rākau iti | Kawakawa River |
| Kawakawa | mō te rangatira o Ngāti Paoa, a Te Raukawakawa | Kawakawa Bay |
| Kawakawa | te wāhia i whatua ai e ngā tamāhine a Kupe he pare kawakawa | Te Kawakawa Rocks |
| Kawakawa-mai-tawhiti | he ingoa nō Hawaiki (kawakawa mai i Tahiti) | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Te Araroa (wāhi) |
| Kaweka | he kaweka, he pae maunga | Kaweka Range |
| Kawerua | te wāhi i whakahoungia ai e Tōhē ngā tau o ana pāraerae | tahatika kei te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o South Head |
| Kawhātau | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Kawhātau River |
| Kāwhia | te awhiawhitanga o Turi | Kawhia Harbour |
| Kerepēhi | he kere kua pēhia, he pā nō Ngāti Hako i mua | kāinga kei Kerepehi (wāhi) |
| Kerikeri | te kerikeri, te keri tonu | Kerikeri River |
| Kikowhakarere | mō ngā tūpāpaku i whakarērea i te pakanga i waenga i a Ngāti Huarere me Marutūahu. Te pā o Ngāti Patukirikiri, hapū o Tamatepō | pā on Ruffin Peninsula |
| Kinikini | te kini, te kini tonu | Long Point / Taramahiti Point |
| Kirikiriroa | he tahataha kirikiri roa, he ara whakawhiti wairepo | kāinga kei te tahatika mauī o te Waikato River, kei te puku o Hamilton |
| Kiriwai | te ingoa o tētahi waka o Ngāti Kahungunu i hokona ki a Ngāti Rangitāne e mana ai tā rātou noho ki te takiwā nei i tō rātou hekenga whakatetonga i Tūranganui-a-Kiwa | kāinga kei te taha tonga-mā-uru o Lake Ōnoke |
| Kōhaonui | kāinga o Ngāti Rangi mō te pā tuna i te roto me ngā wairepo i Ōtemataraha | kāinga kei ngā tahataha ki te raki-mā-rāwhiti o Ōtamakotinga (hiwi) |
| Kohia | mō te kohia o te kōkōwai i te moutere | Wiroa Island |
| Kohukohu | te kohukohu a Kupe i tana iwi mō te huke i te hāngī i mua i te maoatanga | kāinga kei Kohukohu (wāhi) |
| Kohukohunui | te maunga, te kapua rānei e tauria ana e te nui o te kohu | Kohukohunui |
| Kohuroa-a-naki | he kohu whakaapi e āta rere ana | Kohuronaki |
| Kōiro | te kōiro (he momo tuna) | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Koiro (wāhi) |
| Kōkakotaea | te taenga atu o te kōkako | Mangakōkakotaea Stream |
| Kōkopunui | he momo ika | Colenso Lake |
| Kōpū | he rua hōhonu kei te wairepo, he kāinga nō te taniwha | kāinga kei te takiwā o Kopu (wāhi) |
| Kōpuanui | he pā nō Rangitāne | pā kei te rāwhiti o Ashhurst (wāhi) |
| Korokio | he momo huruwhenua i katohia hei amiami | Korokio Stream |
| Koru | te pā tūwatawata rongonui o Ngā Māhanga a Tāiri, tētahi pekanga o Taranaki iwi | pā kei te hawe i te Oakura River ki te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Ōakura |
| Kuratawhiti | kāore e mōhiotia ana | wāhi hira kei te takiwā ki Greytown |
| Mahipatua | tētahi o ngā pā matua o Te Uri-o-Hau, kāinga o Te Hana i moe i a Rangiwhapapa | Mahipatua Pa, kei waenga pū o te raki me te uru-mā-raki o Lake Humuhumu |
| Māhoenui | mō te māhoe nunui | wāhi kei te takiwā ki Māhoenui (wāhi) |
| Mahurangi | te kiko o te kūmara. E tohu ana i te rangatira o te wāhi o te tangata rānei | Mahurangi Harbour |
| Mairehau | mō te hapū o Rangitāne o Manawatū, a Ngāti Mairehau | Mairehau |
| Maitai | mai i te tai | Maitai Bay |
| Mākākahi | mō te kākahi i kohia i konei | Mākākahi River |
| Mākeo | ka piki ki tōna keokeonga | Makeo |
| Maketū | te ōhanga o ngā iwi o Tainui, te ūnga o Tainui waka. He ingoa nō Hawaiki | pā kei te tonga paku atu o Kāwhia |
| Maketū | pā kei te ūnga mai o Te Arawa waka, te ōhanga o te iwi | pā kei te takiwā ki Maketu (wāhi) |
| Manaia | he momo whakairo, nō te kupu taketake ake o Te Moana-nui-a-Kupe, a 'Mangaia' | Bream Head |
| Manawatāwhi | te tāwhi i te manawa i te ātaahua o ngā moutere | Manawatāwhi / Three Kings Islands |
| Manawatū | te wāhi i tū ai, i tau ai rānei te manawa o Haunui-a-Nanaia i te kitenga i te awa (i te oranga ngākau, i te whakamīharo, i te ohorere rānei, he rahi ngā kōrero) | Manawatū River |
| Mangahao | papakāinga o Kahungunu, te pūtahitanga o ngā ara mai i te uru ki te rāwhiti | Mangahao River |
| Mangakāhia | he awa e tipuria ana ōna tahataha e te kāhia (he momo aka) | Mangakāhia River |
| Mangamuka | he awa i hāpinetia ai te harakeke, he ara rānei | Mangamuka River |
| Manganui | he manga nui | Manganui River |
| Manganui-o-Te-Ao | te manga nui o Te Ao. He tupuna a Te Ao nō te iwi | Manganuioteao River |
| Mangapurua | te komititanga o ētahi manga e rua, he manga rānei i pāpunitia | Mangapurua Stream |
| Mangatainoka | i taunahatia ki te tainoka, tētahi tipu māori | Mangatainoka River |
| Mangatawa | he pā i hangaia e Tamatea Arikinui o Tākitimu | pā kei runga o Mangatawa (puke) |
| Mangatāwhiri | e kōrero ana mō te tāwhiri, tētahi rākau māori | Mangatāwhiri River |
| Mangatāwhiri | te pā tūwatawata rangatira o Ngāti Manuhiri | pā kei Jones Bay |
| Mangatewainui | he ara onamata ki roto atu i te pae maunga o Ruahine | Mangatewainui River |
| Mangatoro | he wāhi i hokohokona ai i mua te hanga ka kawea i te waka | Mangatoro River |
| Mangawhai | ngā wai e kitea ai te whai | Mangawhai Harbour |
| Mangawhero | ngā wahi whero o te awa | Mangawhero River |
| Mangōnui | te mangō nui | Mangōnui Harbour |
| Maniaiti | te mania iti | Maniaiti |
| Mānuka | he pou rāhui mānuka, ko te mānukanuka rānei o Te Hotunui i a ia e hautū ana i te waka o Tainui i te matatāhuna o te wahapū | Manukau Harbour |
| Mānunutahi | he wāhi pai e tāria atu ai te tai tika i mua i te whakawhiti i te wahapū mōrearea | Mānunutahi Bay |
| Māpiupiu | mō ngā huruwhenua (piupiu) e tipu ana i ngā tahataha o te manga | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Māpiu (wāhi) |
| Maraekōwhai | he marae e tipuria ana e te kōwhai | kāinga kei Maraekowhai (wāhi) |
| Marae-o-Hine | pā o Tūrongo i tipu ai a Raukawa kia tangata | pā kei te takiwā ki Rangiatea (wāhi) |
| Maraeroa | he wāhi mahi kai, mahi rongoā i ōna anō pekanga o te tau, he punanga anō nō Ngāti Ringi me Tūtahi i ngā wā o te pakanga | kāinga kei te taha tonga o Lake Rotorangi |
| Maraeroa | he wāhi ātea roa | kāinga kei te uru-mā-raki o Pureora (maunga) |
| Maraetai | he wāhi ūnga ātea | kāinga pātata ki te wahapū o te Waikato River |
| Maramarua | mahinga kai kei te mārua | kāinga in vicinity of Maramarua (wāhi) |
| Marau | he marau, he puaroa rānei | Marau Point |
| Mārima | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Mārima |
| Marokopa | te kopa o Turi | Marokopa River |
| Marotere | te maro e tere atu ana | Marotere Islands |
| Marotiri | he wāhi i whakahaeretia ai te maro, he karakia | Marotiri |
| Mātaikonā | tērā wāhi, tētahi wāhi i te moana | Mataikona River |
| Matakana | te noho matakana a ngā rangatira o Ngāti Panauehu me Ngāti Tetaitawaro i te ūnga atu o Whātonga ki Maketū | Matakana Island |
| Matakanakana | ngā mata kanakana, he pā nō Ngāti Manuhiri e tiaki ana i ngā tauranga mangō pātata, ka noho hei ingoa mō te wāhi whānui | pā kei te taha rāwhiti o Mahurangi Harbour tauaro ki Sandspit (wāhi) |
| Matakaoa | te mata o te tai ina whati i te kaoa | Matakaoa Point |
| Mātakitaki | te matairangi, he pā i Waikato i hoepapatia e Ngāpuhi i te tau 1822 | pā kei te uru-mā-raki o Pirongia |
| Mātakitaki-a-Kupe | te mātakitaki a Kupe ki waho ki te moana | Cape Palliser / Mātakitaki-a-Kupe |
| Matakuhia | ehara i te hanga noa iho | Matakuhia Range |
| Mātāpia | e rite ana te āhua ki te upoko, ki te mata whai puare | Matapia |
| Mataruahou | e kōrero ana mō te whakaataria o te kanohi i ngā hāroto kei ngā ara o te moutere | Mataruahou |
| Mate ā-ongaonga | te patu manu i ongaongatia, te manu onga | Matemateaonga Range |
| Matiu | ko tēnei pā o Ngāi Tara nō ngā kōrero mō Kupe | pā kei Matiu / Somes Island |
| Matuku | he pā nō Ngāti Whitikaupeka | pā kei te pae ki te tonga o Matuku (hiwi) |
| Matukutūreia | i kīia te rangatira o te pā i te maunga he 'matuku mākūare' i te rotua ōna e te moe i muri o te haerenga ki te hī ika, i whai ara ai a Kawharu ki te whakaeke i te pā | Matukutūreia / McLaughlins Mountain |
| Matukutūruru | te matuku (manu māori) mataara, he rerekē anō ki a Matukutūreia te rangatira o tēnei pā o tēnei maunga, he mataara tonu, kāore i rite ki te tuakana | Matukutūruru |
| Mauao | i mau tēnei maunga ki te tahatika i te rerenga o ngā patupaiarehe āwhina i a ia ki te moana i te aonga ake o te rā | Mount Maunganui |
| Maukatia | he wāhi tiki rauemi nō mua, tae atu ki te kōhatu turua mō te hanga taputapu | Maukatia Bay |
| Maunga Hirakimatā | i kite a Waipahihi i te uira e pā ana ki te mata o te maunga, te tohu o te matenga o tana tāne, a Rehua | Mount Hobson |
| Maunga-a-Kāhia | pā o Kahungunu | pā kei runga hiwi 112m te teitei kei te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Pariokena (wāhi) |
| Maunga-a-Kawa | wāhi whakahaere kawa | Maungakawa |
| Maungaharuru | he pae maunga ka haruru ina kino te āwhā | Maungaharuru Range |
| Maungahaumia | mō Haumia Tieke Tieke, atua o te kai ka rari noa mai | Maungahaumi |
| Maungakiekie | maunga o te kiekie (te aka) ka piki rānei ki tōna keonga | Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill |
| Maunganui | i taunahatia e Tōhē ki te Maunganui i Muriwhenua | Maunganui Bluff |
| Maungapōhatu | he maunga pōhatu, maunga tapu o Tūhoe | Maungapōhatu |
| Maungarake | he pae maunga rake | pae kei te tuawhenua ki te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Gladstone (wāhi) |
| Maungaroa | e kōrero ana mō tōna roa | Maungaroa / Blagdon Hill |
| Maungataniwha | te okiokinga o te taniwha, a Āraiteuru, i hanga riu maha mō ana hua i te haerenga ake i Hokianga | Maungataniwha Range |
| Maungataniwha | maunga o te taniwha | Maungataniwha |
| Maungatautari | te maunga i reira e taria ana te manu ki te tau | Maungatautari |
| Maungatūtū | maunga e tipuria ana e te pātītī taratara | Maungatūtū |
| Maungauika | te toka he puna kei roto | Maungauika |
| Meremere | mō te pakanga ko te meremere (rākau iti) te rākau whawhai | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Meremere (wāhi) |
| Mikimiki | te kanohi ohorere o Ngātuere Tāwhirimātea Tāwhao i te kitenga i te nui o te ope taua | wāhi hiranga i te takiwā ki Mikimiki (wāhi) |
| Mimi | e whakaritea ana ki te awa mimi | Mimi River |
| Moanauriuri | he wāhi hira i te nui o te rauemi moana | Kawau Bay |
| Moawhango | e ai ki te kōrero e rite ana te tangi a te moa ki te "whango" | Moawhango River |
| Moekawa | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Moekawa / South West Island |
| Mōhaka | he wāhi i tū ai te haka | Mohaka River |
| Mōhakatino | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Mōhakatino River |
| Mōkai Pātea | te tuawhenua o Pātea, 'te whenua Pātea' | Mokai Patea Range |
| Mōkau | e māori noa ana, e mōkau ana, e kōrero ana mō te tupuna a Mōkau, i moe i a Ruapūtahanga | Mōkau River |
| Mōkau | e māori noa ana, e mōkau ana, e kōrero ana mō te tupuna a Mōkau, i moe i a Ruapūtahanga | kāinga kei Mōkau (wāhi) |
| Mōkauiti | e tohu ana i te awa iti | kāinga kei Mōkauiti Stream |
| Mōkauiti | he kautawa nō te awa o Mōkau | Mōkauiti Stream |
| Mokoia | e ai ki te kōrero he kupu angarua mō te patunga a Uenukukōpako i a Arorangi i te paoa atu o te rae tiriwhana ki te kō | pā kei Mokoia Island, Lake Rotorua |
| Mokoia/Mauinaina | ko Te Hīnaki te rangatira, i pāhorotia ngā pā e rua e Ngāpuhi (takiwā ki te tau 1821) | pā kei Panmure, Auckland |
| Motairehe | e tohu ana i te hononga o Ngāti Rehua ki te waka o Tainui | open area ki te raki o Great Barrier Island (Aotea Island) |
| Mōtītī | he ingoa nō Hawaiki | Mōtītī Island |
| Mōtū | he kōhatu taumaha (mōtū) nō te awa nei i whakamahia hei māhē | Mōtū River |
| Motuhaku | he motu e huhua ana te haku i ōna moana | Motuhaku Island / Schooner Rocks |
| Motukahaua | he momo karakia (kahau) hei kaupare atu i ngā whaiwhaiā, ngā mākutu a te hoariri | Motukahaua Island (Happy Jack Island) |
| Motukākārikitahi | he motu e nōhia ana e te kākāriki kotahi | Motukakarikitahi Island (Rat island) |
| Motukawa | he motu e tipuria ana e te kawakawa | Cavalli Islands |
| Motukehu | tētahi o ētahi wāhine teina/tuakana e toru i hurihia e te taniwha, e Te Rapatiotio, hei maunga | Black Hill |
| Motukino | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Fanal Island (Motukino) |
| Motukōkako | i tiakina te kōkako i konei mō ōna hou | Motukōkako Island / Piercy Island |
| Motukōrea | e kōrero ana pea mō tētahi waka iti (kōrea) | Browns Island (Motukorea) |
| Motungaio | mō te uru ngaio, he pā onamata i kitea e Tuahumahina i nōhia e te tini i te pai o tōna wāhi tū | pā kei Kawhia (wāhi) |
| Motu-o-Pao | te motu o Pao | Motuopao Island |
| Motuoruhi | he momo matā ka kitea i te hinewaiapu, he momo harakeke rānei | Motuoruhi Island (Goat Island) |
| Motu-o-Rūrū | motu o te ruru, ko te ruru anō te kaitiaki o Ngāti Tū | pā kei te tonga-mā-uru o te Rukumoana Forest |
| Moturemu | he paenga mō Ngāti Manuhiri | Moturemu Island |
| Moturoa | he motu roa | Moturoa Island |
| Motutāiko | motu o te tāiko | Motutaiko Island |
| Mōtūwairaka | te wāhi i toremi ai a Wairaka, wahine a Haunui-a-Poupoto ka huri hei toka (pērā i te punga) | takiwā huri i Riversdale Beach (wāhi) |
| Moumoukai | he pā hira mō ngā hononga ā-iwi | pā kei Moumoukai (puke), kei te raki o Nūhaka |
| Moutohorā | te motu tohorā | Moutohora Island |
| Murimotu | he motu tūtata ki Muriwhenua | Murimotu Island |
| Muriwai | 'ngā wai haupunu‘ te ‘muriwhenua' rānei | Port Jackson |
| Muriwhenua | ngā whenua kei te takiwā ki te raki | ngā whenua katoa kei te uru-mā-raki o te Maungataniwha Range |
| Murupara | te ingoa o tētahi taniwha | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Murupara (wāhi) |
| Ngā Atua Tātā | te kauhanga riri o ngā atua | Ngā Atua Tātā / Kerr Point |
| Ngā Awapūrua | te pūau o ngā awa, he mahinga kai mō te tuna heke | mahinga kai kei Ngawapurua (wāhi) |
| Ngā Hore | he pā onamata nō Rangitāne me Ngāi Tahu | pā kei te tonga o Lake Whatumā |
| Ngā Huinga | te pūau o ngā awa | te pūau o te Ongarue River me te Whanganui River |
| Ngā Kai-hīnaki-a-Whata | ngā pā tuna, ngā kai o te hīnaki a Whata | ngā hiwi i te uru o Waipukurau ki te rāwhiti o Dannevirke |
| Ngā Kurī-a-Whārei | ngā kurī a Whārei, e ai ki tētahi kōrero ka auau ngā tuna ka puea ake i te pō ki te whakahā | he pūkawa kei waho atu o Waihi Beach |
| Ngā Mātia | mō ngā mātia pā tuna kei te wairepo | Ngamatea East Swamp |
| Ngā Puha-ake-o-te-ora | te puha ake o te ora | he spring kei waho atu o Te Motu-o-Kura / Bare Island |
| Ngā Rimutāmaka | he huinga toka e tipuria ana e te uru rākau, te wāhi i whānau mai ai a Paerangi, tupuna ake o Ngāti Rangi | urupā kei ngā tahataha ki te tonga o Mount Ruapehu |
| Ngā Tai-i-whakatūria-e-Kupe-ki-te-marowhara | ngā tai i whakatūria e Kupe ki te marowharo | moana o waho atu o Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach |
| Ngā Tamāhinerua | ētahi tamāhine e rua | Ngatamahinerua |
| Ngā Tārua | mō ngā hiwi, ngā tārua ka rere iho ki te Rangitīkei | takiwā ki te tahatika katau o te Rangitīkei River ki te rāwhiti o Taoroa Junction (wāhi) |
| Ngā Turi-o-Murimotu | maunga tapu o Ngāti Rangi | maunga e 814m te tiketike kei te uru o Waiouru (wāhi) |
| Ngā Umukākāpō | ngā umu i tunua ai te kākāpō | papa kei te takiwā ki Inglis Bush |
| Ngā Waka-a-Kupe | ngā waka o Kupe | ētahi puke e toru kei waenga pū o te tonga me te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Martinborough |
| Ngāhoro | e tohu ana i ngā horo kei te moutere | Nga Horo Island |
| Ngakuraho | ‘ngaku raho’ mō te āhua o te pā o Tūirirangi, tētahi tupuna o Ngāti Maniapoto | pā kei te tonga o Hangatiki (wāhi) |
| Ngāmoerangi | te papa o te riri o waenga i a Ngāti Tū me ngā iwi pātata | pā kei te waha o te Pākuratahi Stream |
| Ngāmotu | ngā motu | Ngā Motu / Sugar Loaf Islands |
| Ngā-pona-o-Tamatekapua | ngā pona o Tamatekapua | Moehau Range |
| Ngāroto | ngā roto | mahinga kai e kapi ana i ētahi roto me ngā wairepo ki te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Mangawhai (wāhi) |
| Ngāruawāhia | te karanga a Te Ngaere “kia wāhia ngā rua kai” | kāinga kei Ngāruawāhia |
| Ngaruroro Moko-tū-ā-raro ki Rangatira | i ohorere i te kurī a Māhu ngā upokororo (ika wai māori o Aotearoa kua wharengaro) e whakakakare ana i te wai. Nō muri, ka whakanōhia a Moko-tū-ā-raro, tama a Ruawharo, ki te waha o te awa hei mauri ki te whakawhānui me te tiaki i ngā tauranga ika | Ngaruroro River me te Clive River |
| Ngataea | te wāhi i ngāngā ai te manawa o Tōhē i te tauria e te au, e te kohu | Ngataea / Hooper Point |
| Ngā-Taratara-o-Toi | ngā taratara o Toi | Needles Point |
| Ngāuruhoe | te ingoa o te pononga i whiua e Ngātoroirangi ki te puia | Mount Ngauruhoe |
| Ngāwhakaraua | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Ngāwhakaraua |
| Ngongotahā | te wāhi i ngongo wai ai a Ihenga i te tahā a ngā patupaiarehe | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Ngongotahā (paenoho) |
| Ngunguru | he oro mārū, he oro nguru | Ngunguru River |
| Nūhaka | he pā rautaki onamata | pā tūtata ki Nūhaka (wāhi) |
| Nukutaurua | he waka (taurua) mō te tuku whānui i te kaharoa | Kahutara Point |
| Ōākuramatapū | mō Ākuramatapū o Kurahaupō waka i rarau te noho i konei | Oakura River |
| Ohae | kāore e mōhiotia ana | area around the mouth of Ohae Stream |
| Ōhane | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Ōhane Stream |
| Ōhau | he ingoa nō Hawaiki, e tohu ana i ngā hau pūmau | Ōhau / West Island |
| Ōhau | awa o Haunui-a-Nanaia | Ōhau River |
| Ōhīnau | motu o te hīnau | Ohinau Island |
| Ōhinemutu | mō tētahi toka i whakatūria e Ihenga hei whakamaharatanga ki tana wahine i kōhurutia | pā kei te one i Ohinemutu (paenoho) |
| Ōhīrea | hīrea ana te rongohia (te oro, te haunga, te kakara, te aha atu) | Ōhīrea |
| Ōhiwa | o Hiwa, tētahi rangatira rongonui i te wā ki a ia | Ōhiwa Harbour |
| Ōhura | awa o Hura | Ōhura River |
| Oingo | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Oingo Lake |
| Ōkareka | te roto e reka ana te kai, mō ngā kūmara i whakatipuria i konei | Lake Ōkareka |
| Ōkōrewa | kāore e mōhiotia ana | kāinga ki te tonga-mā-rāwhiti paku atu o Lake Ferry (wāhi) |
| Ō-Kupe-Mai-Tawhiti | e pā ana ki te whanga | Okupu |
| Ō-Kupe-Mai-Tawhiti | te wāhi i herea ai e Kupe tana waka | Okupu Bay |
| Omāhu | te wāhi i pau ai ngā kai a Māhu Tapoanui i tana haerenga whakatetonga | pā kei Omahu (wāhi) |
| Ōmāī | ka marino (māī) ngā wai | Omaio Bay |
| Ōmangaia | e pā ana ki te rangatira o Ngāti Taimanawaiti, a Te Hehewa | Ōmangaia Pā kei Tipau Point |
| Ōmāpere | wāhi o Māpere | Lake Ōmāpere |
| Ōmoekau | wāhi tōmua katoa i hangaia ai he whare (o te takiwā 1180AD) e tautuhia ana i Te Ika-a-Māui | Moikau |
| Onewhero | e whero ana te one | kāinga kei te uru-mā-raki o Onewhero (wāhi) |
| Ongaonga | mō te ongaonga | takiwā ki Ongaonga Stream |
| Ōngare | he pā onamata nō Ngāi Te Rangi | pā kei Ongare Point |
| Ōngarue | te wāhi ka ngarue, ka rū | Ongarue River |
| Ōnoke | wāhi o te noke | Lake Ōnoke |
| Ōpito | te wāhi i herea ai e tētahi rangatira ngā pito o ana tama e rua i whānau tahi mai ki wahine kē, wahine kē | Opito Bay |
| Ōpōtiki-mai-tawhiti | te wāhi i tukua ai e te tupuna e Tarawa tana mōkai tanahanaha (ika) i haria mai i Hawaiki | puna kei te pari i muri o Waiotahe Beach |
| Ōrākau | wāhi i whakatūtūhia ai e Tainui ngā parahau i te pakanga whakamutunga ki ngā hōia Pākehā | kāinga kei Orakau (wāhi) |
| Ōrākeikōrako | i rākeitia ki ngā hou o te kāhu kōrako | Orakei Korako |
| Ōrete | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Orete Point |
| Oromaki | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Oromaki / North East Island |
| Ōrongo | te wāhi whakarongo (mō te hopu manu heke) | tahatika o waenga o te Piako River me te Waihou River |
| Ōrongokoekoeā | ‘ka whakarongo mō te koekoeā’, te pā i whānau mai ai a Tāwhiao | pā kei tētahi hiwi e 305m te teitei i te pito whakarunga o te Mangaongaonga Stream |
| Ōrongorongo | wāhi o Rongorongo, wahine a Turi, he rehe ki te ngaki kai | Ōrongorongo River |
| Oroua | te oro o te ua | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Feilding |
| Oroua | te oro o te ua | Oroua River |
| Ōrua-pouanui | wāhi o Rua-Pouanui | Baring Head / Ōrua-pouanui |
| Ōruarangi | wāhi o Ruarangi | koutu tahatika kei te tonga o Port Waikato |
| Ōruataua | wāhi o te ope taua | Orutua River |
| Ōruawharo | he tohunga a Ruawharo nō te waka o Tākitimu | Oruawharo River |
| Ōruru | wāhi o te ruru | Oruru River |
| Ōruru | wāhi o te ruru | Doubtless Bay |
| Ōtahatekapua | nō Te Kāhui Kapua (iwi o te kapua) nō te tupuna a Kapua Te Ariki rānei | Ōtahatekapua Kāinga, he kāinga, he wāhi whakangau kei ngā tahataha ki te tonga o Mount Ruapehu |
| Ōtahu | te wāhi o Tahu | Otahu River |
| Ōtahuao | mō te tupuna o Rangitāne a Tahuao | Ōtahuao |
| Ōtāhuhu | i rite te āhua o te matua o te waka o Tainui kua huripokina ki te tāhuhu o te whare, ina amohia ake i te kūititanga | Ōtāhuhu / Mount Richmond |
| Ōtaipango | mō te tai e pango ana te āhua i te huhua o te rimurapa | Ōtaipango / Henderson Bay |
| Ōtāiri | ka puta ake ‘ānō nei e tāiri ana i runga ake i te kohu o te Rangitīkei | takiwā o waenga i te Turakina River me te Rangitīkei River, ki te raki o Hunterville |
| Ōtakanini | he pā onamata | pā kei te tonga o te Kaipara Harbour |
| Ōtaki | te wāhi i mau tokotoko ai a Haunui-a-Nanaia i a ia e kōrero ana | Ōtaki River |
| Ōtamakapua | wāhi whakahirahira e pā ana ki ngā iwi tōpū o Mōkai Pātea | takiwā ki te rāwhiti o Pakihikura (wāhi) |
| Ōtamakotinga | te wāhi i tohia ai, i kotia ai, i tanumia ai te pito o te tamaiti | Ōtamakotinga |
| Ōtamaraho | awa mō te kokotinga, he wāhi tapu, he wāhi tohi, he mahinga kai, he wāhi i huhua ai te tuna | Otamaraho Stream |
| Ōtamarākau | te pā ahurei onamata o Waitaha nō te waka o Te Arawa | pā kei te takiwā ki Otamarakau (wāhi) |
| Ōtamatea | o Tamatea, nō te waka o Tākitimu | Otamatea River |
| Ōtāne | kāore e mōhiotia ana | takiwā ki Ōtāne (wāhi) |
| Ōtanewainuku | te ipo a Pūwhenua | Otanewainuku |
| Ōtara | pā o Ngāti Hauiti | pā kei te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Ōhingaiti (wāhi) |
| Ōtātara | he pā nō nehe i hiranga i te wā ki a ia. Ko Tu Rauwha tōna rangatira | pā kei te tonga-mā-uru o Taradale (paenoho) |
| Ō-Tautū-i-te-Rangi | mō tētahi tupuna o Hauraki i patua i konei kia mate e Te Raumāhoe o te iwi o Marutūahu | Otautu Point |
| Ōtawhiwhi | mō te toka i tāwhiwhitia ai ngā whēkau o tētahi rangatira o Ngāti Tamaterā | ngā tahataha taikato o te taha whakaroto o Bowentown Heads |
| Ōtewā | ‘o te wā’ i hoki ai a Tāwhiao ki Te Nehenehenui | kāinga kei Ōtewā (wāhi) |
| Otoea | kāore e mōhiotia ana | kāinga kei te pūau o te Hautapu River me te Rangitīkei River |
| Ōtorohanga | te wāhi i āta toro ai ngā ringa, he kupu whakarite rānei mō tēnei āhua (he maha ngā kōrero) | kāinga kei Ōtorohanga (wāhi) |
| Ōtū | wāhi o Tū | North Cape / Otou |
| Ōtūhawaiki | te pā o Ngā Ariki Kaipūtahi, he wā tōna i whakaekea e Whakatōhea | pā kei runga hiwi pari ninihi e 829m te teitei ki te raki-mā-rāwhiti o Waipaoa (wāhi) |
| Ōtūkōpiri | e tū kōpiri ana | kāinga kei Koriniti Pa (wāhi) |
| Otūmoetai | te tai e tū ana ānō nei e moe ana | Otūmoetai Pā, kei Otūmoetai Beach |
| Ōtūmore | mō te tupuna o Ngāti Whatumāmoa a Tūmore | Otumore |
| Ōtūpae | ka koure mai te pae nei i te pae maunga o ngā Ruahine | Otupae Range |
| Ōueariu | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Ōueariu |
| Ōwhāriu | ka huri kē, e tohu ana i te wāhi i whakamaroketia ai e Kupe ngā rā o tana waka | Ohariu Bay |
| Ōwhata | he pā nō Hinemoa, i rongonui nei mō tana kauhoe i te moana ki tana tahu ki a Tūtanekai. I taunahatia e Ihenga te takiwā nei ki tēnei ingoa | pā kei Kawaha Point |
| Paekauri | he maunga e tipuria ana e te uru kauri | Paekauri |
| Paepae-o-Tū | wāhi e tū ai a Tūmatauenga, atua o te tangata me te pakanga | Paepae-o-Tū / Bream Tail |
| Paeroa | pae maunga roa | Paeroa |
| Paeterangi | i pāhorotia e ngā hōia i te hinganga o Rangiriri i te 1863 | pā kei te tonga-mā-uru o Paterangi (wāhi) |
| Paetūmōkai | te wāhi i mau ai te mōkai manu a te rangatira o te kāinga i te mutu | kāinga i te takiwā ki Featherston |
| Pāhaoa | he pāhao huri i te ngakinga | Pāhaoa River |
| Pakakina | he pā tūwatawata nō Ngāti Tamaoho mō Pēhiakura e pai ana te tirohanga | pā kei tua tonu atu o Pēhiakura Lake |
| Pākarae | he ingoa nō Hawaiki | Pakarae River |
| Pakeke-o-Whirikoka | te wāhi i manaakitia ai e Whirikoka tētahi pakake | pā kei Whatatutu kei runga parehua i runga ake o te Mangatū River |
| Pakihikura | he waka onamata nō te Whakatōhea | whanga kei te pūwaha o te Waioeka River |
| Pakipaki | i taunahatia i muri tata iho i te patunga o Marukukere | Pakipaki Stream |
| Pākiri | he ika ko te kopukopu anō te ingoa | Pakiri River |
| Pākuku | mō te mahi kuku i ngā toka i te pekanga tika o te tau | he mahinga kai kei te waha o te Pākuku Stream, kei te tonga-mā-uru o Herbertville |
| Pāmotumotu | e kōrero ana mō tētahi pā i motumotukia ki ōna anō wehenga | Pamotumoto |
| Panepaoa | he tauranga ika rongonui mō te hapū o Maungaharuru-Tangitū, he wāhanga anō o te pā whānui | coastal kāinga kei te waha o te Pākuratahi Stream |
| Panetiki | he tauranga waka, he wāhi hiranga anō i ngā haerenga ki te kawe tūpāpaku ki te urupā | Panetiki Island / The Outpost |
| Panguru | ka panguru te reo, te tangi rānei | Panguru Range |
| Panirau | te rau o te noho pani i te toremi tonu i te tāheke | tāheke kei te pūau o te Panirau Stream me te Mōkau River |
| Papaaroha | he papa, he whenua e aroha nuitia ana | kāinga kei Papaaroha (wāhi) |
| Papaioea | he pā ōnamata nō Rangitāne, i te putanga o te kōrero mō “te oea, te koea” rānei | pā kei te puku o Palmerston North |
| Papawai | te whare wānanga o te Mātorohanga | pā kei te tonga-mā-rāwhiti paku atu o Greytown |
| Papawhitu | te karahuinga o te hokowhitu | Papawhitu Pā, kei Maraetai Point |
| Pārae Kāretu | he pārae i whatua ki te kāretu (pātītī kakara) | Pārae Karetu |
| Paraiti | he awa tino tapu i te nui o te urupā me te ana kōiwi kei ōna pareparenga | Paraiti River |
| Pārengarenga | he parenga waewae ka whatua ki te harakeke | Pārengarenga Harbour |
| Parininihi | he pari ninihi | Parininihi |
| Parinuiterā | he pari e anga atu ana ki te whitinga o te rā | Gable End Foreland |
| Pari-o-Kariwa | te pari o Kariwa | Pariokariwa Point |
| Pari-o-Mahu | ko Paripari te ingoa ake, ka taunahatia anō ki a Mahu i te ngaronga ōna i konei i a ia e haere ana ki te kimi utu mō te tāhaetia o ana kūmara | mahinga kai kei Blackhead Point |
| Paritū | he pari mote, he pari tū | Paritū |
| Pātea-nui-a-Turi | te pātea (korowai) nui o Turi | kāinga kei Pātea (wāhi) |
| Patiarero | he arero pati, he arero whakapatipati | kāinga kei Jerusalem (wāhi) |
| Patumāhoe | te māhoe i tuaina | kāinga kei Patumahoe (wāhi) |
| Pāuanui | wāhi e nui ana te pāua | kāinga kei Pauanui (wāhi) |
| Pāuatahanui | pā o Rangihaeata, irāmutu o Te Rauparaha | pā i te pūau o te Pāuatahanui Stream me Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour |
| Pēhiakura | kāinga rangatira o Ngāti Tamaoho ka kāinga mahue i ngā riri pū o te 1820, ka hokia anō i ngā 1830 | kāinga i te taha rāwhiti o Pēhiakura Lake |
| Piako | ngā wai ka piakotia | Piako River |
| Pihanga | te maunga wahine i whawhai ai a Tongariro rāua Taranaki mōna | Pihanga |
| Pipiriki | te pipiriki (he manu) | kāinga kei Pipiriki (wāhi) |
| Piwhane | te wāhi i kī atu ai a Tōhē ki tana koroheke "Ki te mate au, hopukina taku wairua kia kore ai e tae ki Te Rerenga Wairua" | Piwhane / Spirits Bay |
| Poanui | he poa nui, he kai nui | Paoanui Point |
| Pōhangina | hangina ana te pō, e tohu ana i tētahi riri a Rangitāne | Pohangina River |
| Pōhatuhāhā | he wāhi tū hāhā, he wāhi e hiko ai te uira i te matenga o te tangata rongonui | Pohatuhaha |
| Pōhaturoa | he pā nō Tūwharetoa kei runga pōhatu puia roa, nō muri ka whakaekea e Ngāti Raukawa | pā kei runga o Pohaturoa Rock kei te tonga-mā-uru o Ātiamuri |
| Pōhaturoa | e kōrero ana mō ngā pōhatu nui kei te one tae atu ki tētahi mea nui ko Ōhinerangi te ingoa | kāinga kei Ohinerangi Beach |
| Pohokura | te ingoa o tētahi mōkai a Tamatea Pōkai Whenua i oma i tēnei takiwā | wāhi tapu kei waenga o Otupae Range, o te Taruarau River me te Ikawetea Stream |
| Pōkino | he kāinga nō Ngāti Tamaoho i nōhia i ngā tau 1850 i te waipukehia o Mangatāwhiri | Pōkino Kainga, kei te raki-mā-rāwhiti o Pōkeno |
| Pokohinu | he poko kī i te hinu, mō te mahi ōi (manu) te mahi tītī | Burgess Island (Pokohinu) |
| Pokopoko | he kāinga nō Ngāti Paki | kāinga kei Pokopoko Stream |
| Pōrangahau | 'te pō āta rangahau’, e kōrero ana mō te rerenga o Te Rongouruao i te patunga o te tāne a Tuteihunga. Ka tapa i a ia anō ki tēnei āhua, taunahatia ana anō te takiwā ki taua ingoa | takiwā ki Pōrangahau (wāhi) |
| Porirua | e pā ana ki te ingoa o te whanga me te papa kāinga o Ngāti Toa mai i ngā tau 1820 | Mount Porirua |
| Pou Tu o Te Rangi | kāinga matua o Haumoewaarangi, ingoa o te tupuna ake o Te Uri-o-Te Rangi | pā kei te tonga o Dargaville |
| Pouākai | maunga wahine i haukoti i a Pukeonaki (tirohia a Taranaki) i te rerenga ōna i te puku o Te Ika-a-Māui ki te moana | Pouakai Range |
| Pouerua | he pā nō Ngāti Pou, e kōrero ana mō tētahi momo mātaitai | pā kei runga o Pouerua (hiwi) kei te tonga-mā-uru o Pakaraka (wāhi) |
| Pouhōkio | mō te wahine tohunga ki te mau rākau i karakiahia i te awa nei i te mate ōna ki te tū tahanga ka whawhai ai | Pouhōkio Stream |
| Pounui | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Lake Pounui |
| Pourērere | i te whānui o te kokorahotia o te whenua ka kīia ngā pou rūri he pou peke haere, he pou rērere | wāhi hira i te takiwā ki Pourerere (wāhi) |
| Pourewa | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Porewa Stream |
| Pourewa | he papakāinga nō Ngāti Hauiti me Ngāi Te Upokoiri | kāinga kei te rāwhiti o Porewa (wāhi) ki te raki-mā-rāwhiti o Marton |
| Poutū | tōna wāhi tū | he wairere, he tāheke kei te pūau ake o te Poutu Stream ki Lake Rotoaira |
| Puetou | te tou i te kōhatu ki te wai i te hanganga o te taputapu | pā kei runga hiwi e 337m kei waenga pū o te raki me te uru-mā-raki o Okere Falls (wāhi) |
| Puhinui | he wāhi tapu, he tauranga waka e hono ana ki ngā tūpuna o Ngāti Manuhiri pērā i a Pōnui rāua ko Maeaea | wāhi kei te puku o Warkworth me ngā wairere kei te Mahurangi River |
| Puhitahi | kāinga o Ngāti Tamaoho, tauranga waka rongonui anō | kāinga kei tētahi koutu iti i te tāuru o Whatapaka Creek |
| Pukaha | mō ngā hau kaha ka pupuhi tonu i tēnei takiwā | Pukaha / Mount Bruce |
| Pūkākā | mō ngā kākā runga rākau o te takiwā | Pūkākā / Marsland Hill |
| Puke o Tara | mō Taramainuku, tētahi tupuna o mua o te iwi o Tainui, he taniwha, he kaitiaki anō mō Mānuka [whanga o Manukau] | Puke o Tara |
| Pukeahurangi | e tū tiketike ana, e riaki ana, he tohu whenua mō te haere moana i taunahatia e te tupuna o Rangitāne, e Hinetearorangi | Pukeahurangi / Jumbo |
| Pukeamoamo | i taunahatia e te tupuna o Rangitāne e Hinetearorangi ki te pou o te wharenui kua whakairohia ngā tūpuna | Pukeamoamo / Mitre |
| Pukeareinga | te puke i huihui ai ngā wairua o te hunga i hinga i te riri o Te Ika Ranganui i mua i te wehenga | Pukeareinga |
| Pukehau | pā o Maungaharuru | pā kei te rāwhiti o Nukuhou North (wāhi) |
| Pukeiahua | he pā tūwatawata, he kāinga nō Tainui | pā kei te taha tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Ngāruawāhia |
| Puke-i-Āki-Rangi | he puke i ākina ki te rangi | Puke-i-Āki-Rangi |
| Pukekaihau | he pā i nohoia tuatahitia e Ruakūhā i te rautau 16 | pā kei Hunter Memorial Park, Waipukurau |
| Pukekaiiti | he pā onamata | pā kei runga o Titirangi (hiwi) kei te tonga-mā-uru o Kaiti (paenoho) |
| Pukekawa | te puke e whakahaeretia ai te kawa | Pukekawa |
| Puke-kōiwi-riki | te puke o te kōiwi ririki | Pukekiwiriki |
| Pukekura | he puke kura | Pukekura |
| Pukematekeo | pā tūwatawata o Ngāti Manuhiri | pā kei te raki o Matakana (wāhi) |
| Pukenui-o-raho | raho kua kōpuku | Pukenuioraho |
| Pukerangiora | pā tūwatawata o Ngāti Awa | pā kei te tahatika mauī o te Waitara River ki te tonga o Waitara |
| Puketapu | pā tūwatawata o Ngāti Awa | pā kei te tonga o Te Teko (wāhi) |
| Puketapu | he puke tapu | te puke i Fernhill (wāhi) |
| Puketoi | he hiwi tere te neke | Puketoi Range |
| Pukewā | tētahi o ngā wāhine teina/tuakana tokotoru i hurihia e te taniwha a Te Rapatiotio hei maunga | ‘Martha Hill' i Waihi, kua keria ki te mahi kōura |
| Pūrahoitangihia | te raho e whakapū mai ana i tangihia, e kōrero ana mō te matenga o Te Ahimatutunu | Pūrahoitangihia |
| Purapura | kāinga nui o Ngāti Tamaoho i te Awaroa, te wāhi i tōia ai te waka i waenga o te Waikato me Mānuka [whanga o Manukau] | kāinga kei te tonga o Waiuku |
| Puroa | maunga tapu o Te Uri-o-Hau, he whakamarumaru mō ngā haerenga ki ō rātou rohe ki te raki | Puroa / Boar Hill |
| Pūtauaki | te take, te pūtake rānei o te maunga | Pūtauaki a Mount Edgecumbe rānei |
| Pūwheke | tētahi taniwha i tūpono atu ai te waka o Māmaru | Puwheke |
| Pūwhenua | te makau a Ōtanewainuku | Puwhenua |
| Rāhuipōkeka | i te korekore haere o te tuna, ka rāhuitia, ka poua atu he pōkeka ki te whenua | kāinga kei Huntly |
| Raikapua | tētahi pā ōnamata nō Kahungunu, he kauhanga riri anō | pā kei tētahi pari poupou i waenga o te tonga me te uru-mā-tonga o Dannevirke, tahatika mauī o te Manawatū River |
| Rākaumangamanga | he rākau tini te manga, he rākau kāore i pakari te tū | Rakaumangamanga |
| Raketapauma | nō te ‘rake i te papauma’, te rākau rau whānui i whakamahia ai ngā rau me te hiako hei wahie | kāinga kei te Raketapauma Wetland |
| Rākino | he rā kino, e ai ki te kōrero he toenga nō te motu o Hurakia i te hūnga o Rangitoto | Rakino Island |
| Rakitū | e hono ana ki ngā tohu o te matenga o Rehua | Rakitu Island (Arid Island) |
| Rangatauanui | te roto nui ake o ētahi roto e rua i taunahatia ki te atua tangata rākau kawa a Rangataua | pā kei Rangatauanui Hill i te tonga-mā-uru o Ohakune |
| Rangatira | he rangatira | Te Oneone Rangatira Beach |
| Rangatira | te ingoa o te kurī mōkai a Matangi i konei e ngaro ana | pae maunga kei waenga o te Rangitīkei River me te Porewa Stream, ki te uru o Hunterville |
| Rangaunu | te nui o te ika i unuhia mai i te ranga ika | Rangaunu Harbour |
| Rangiātaahua | mō te whaea o Kupa rangatira whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana o Tūtira | wāhi tapu kei te pito whakararo o te Kotomangengi Stream |
| Rangiāwhiao | te takiwā i taiāwhiotia | takiwā kei waenga o Whatuwhiwhi me Merita (wāhi) |
| Rangiora | nō te ingoa o te pā tūtata nō rātou te mana tiaki i te ara kūiti nei | Rangiora Narrows |
| Rangipō | te rangi pōuri e pā ana ki te huka pūkeri | whenua hira kei Te Onetapu (koraha) |
| Rangipoua | he rā ka mahara tonutia mō tētahi take | Rangipoua |
| Rangiriri | te wāhi i riri ai a Waikato ki ngā hōia Pākehā i te 1863 | pā kei te tonga-mā-uru o Lake Kopuera |
| Rangitaiki | he tikanga mō te taeke mutu kererū pātata ki te wai | Rangitaiki River |
| Rangitane | he pā nui nō Rangiwhapapa, teina ki a Haumoewaarangi, tupuna ake o Te Uri-o-Hau | Rangitane Pa, kei te tonga-mā-uru o te Punahaere Creek |
| Rangitāne | pā o Ngāti Pou te wāhi i patua ai te tupuna o Te Roroa, a Te Taonga kia mate | pā e titiro atu ana ki te waha o te Rangitane River i te Kerikeri Inlet |
| Rangitawhi | te pā tuatahi o Turi | pā kei roto paku atu o Pātea (wāhi) |
| Rangitāwhiri | e tohu ana i te pekanga atu a Kupe | Tryphena Harbour |
| Rangitīkei | te wāhi i tīkei ai te waewae o Haunui-a-Nanaia i te whakawhitinga i te awa e pāpaku ana | Rangitīkei River |
| Rangitoto | te ingoa o te mōkai mokomoko i hoatu e Uenukukoihu ki a Murimanu, ka patua nei kia mate e Taharangi i tō rāua hiahia tahi ki te mōkai | Rangitoto Peak |
| Rangituhi | mō te ūkura o te maunga i te tōanga o te rā ina titiro atu i Te Awarua-o-Porirua | Rangituhi / Colonial Knob |
| Rangitūmau | e tū ana ki te rangi | Rangitūmau |
| Rangiwaea | he ingoa nō Hawaiki | Rangiwaea Island |
| Rangiwhakaoma | te wāhi e oma ai te rangi, i konei a Kupe e patu ana i Te Wheke nui | he ana kei Matira / Castle Rock |
| Rāoa | te wāhi i rāoa ai a Turi i te iwi ika | Rawa Stream |
| Rātōroa | i te tō roahia o te rā ka tauparetia te whakaekehia me te kahakina o tētahi | Rotoroa Island |
| Raukūmara | te rau o te kūmara, te huhua rānei o te kūmara | Raukūmara Range |
| Rau-o-te-huia | te huhua o te huia, he pā nō Ngāti Tama | pā kei te tonga-mā-uru o Onaero (wāhi) |
| Raupunga | Ngāti Pāhauwera pā, important to Ngāti Kahungunu in the 1800s | pā kei te takiwā ki Raupunga (wāhi) |
| Remutaka | te wāhi i makere ai, i taka ai te remu o te korowai o Haunui-a-Nanaia, te wāhi rānei i tirotiro haere ai ia i a ia e noho ana | Remutaka |
| Remutaka | te wāhi i makere ai, i taka ai te remu o te korowai o Haunui-a-Nanaia, te wāhi rānei i tirotiro haere ai ia i a ia e noho ana | Remutaka Range |
| Remuwera | he pā nō Ngāti Paoa (takiwā ki te tau 1700) | pā kei Ōhinerau / Mount Hobson |
| Repanga | e rite ana ki te motu i Hawaiki nō reira mai te kaitiaki rite ki te manu te āhua o Te Arawa waka, ka taunahatia ki a ia | Cuvier Island (Repanga Island) |
| Reretāruke | he wai tāruke te rere | Retaruke River |
| Reretewhīoi | mō te whīoi e rere ana | kāinga kei te uru-mā-raki o Waiuku |
| Rimaariki | ētahi ariki e rima | Rimariki Island |
| Ripirō | ‘kei te ripi kōhatu te tawhiti’, arā, kāore i tawhiti. E tohu ana i te pātata mai o te Maunganui Bluff | Ripiro Beach |
| Ririwha | kua ririwha katoa | Stephenson Island |
| Rotoaira | te roto a Ira | Lake Rotoaira |
| Rotoehu | te roto e ehu ana ōna wai | Lake Rotoehu |
| Rotokawa | mō ngā wai o te roto kua kawa i te pungatara | Lake Rotokawa |
| Rotomā | mō ngā wai kōratarata, ngā wai mā o te roto | Lake Rotomā |
| Rotomahana | mō ngā wai mahana o te roto | Lake Rotomahana |
| Rotomakariri | mō ngā wai makariki o te roto, i hanumi ki te Rotomahana | roto o mua kei te tonga-mā-uru o Mount Tarawera |
| Rotopounamu | mō te pounamu o te tae o te roto | Lake Rotopounamu |
| Rotoroa | ko ngā hapū o Ahuriri e hono ana ki te roto ko Ngāti Ruapirau, ko Ngāti Mahu, ko Ngāti Hinepare, ko Ngāi Te Upokoiri | Rotoroa |
| Rototoa | he wāhi whakamāui ake i muri o te riri | Lake Rototoa |
| Rototuna | he wāhi hopu tuna | Rototuna |
| Ruahine | he kuia e kauanuanutia ana | Ruahine Range |
| Ruamāhanga | he manga e rua, tērā anō pea e kōrero ana mō tētahi māhanga manu i hoatu e Haunui-a-Nanaia ki te tarahanga o te rākau | Ruamahanga River |
| Ruamahua | ka panaia ake, ka mahua ake i te hōhonutanga | The Aldermen Islands |
| Ruapehu | he rua ka pehu, ka pahū | Mount Ruapehu |
| Ruapekapeka | Ko te kōrero a Kāwiti mō tana pā, “Me he pekapeka au kua mau ki te ana” | pā kei Ruapekapeka (wāhi) kei te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Kawakawa |
| Ruawhata | he pā onamata nō Kahungunu | pā kei te takiwā ki Ruawhata (wāhi) |
| Taepiro | pā o Te Rauparaha | pā kei te waha o te Taepiro Stream, Kapiti Island |
| Tahanga | te wāhi i whakahaua ai e Poutini a Waitāiki nāna nei i kāhaki, kia tū tahanga i mua i te ahi | Tahanga |
| Tāhuna | te tāhuna, te matatāhuna | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Tahuna (wāhi) |
| Tairua | te tairua | Tairua River |
| Takapau | i taunahatia e tētahi rangatira i tau atu ki reira ki a Kahukura Takapau, te mātāmua a Rakaihikuroa rāua ko Papauma, i te rangatira o te manaakitia ōna | takiwā ki Takapau (wāhi) |
| Takapaukura | mō ētahi takapau i tapia ai te waka o Kurahaupō i te haerenga | Takapaukura / Tom Bowling Bay |
| Tākou | he uku whero ka hua mai ina tahuna tētahi momo uku kōwhai | Tākou Bay |
| Tamahunga | he maunga tapu, ‘ko te ariki anō o Ngāti Manuhiri’ | Tamahunga |
| Tāmaki | i waiho e Whāngai Kaimokopuna tētahi o ana tamariki ki konei | Tamaki River |
| Tāmakimakaurau | Tāmaki, he wāhi e paingia ana e te tini | te whenua kūiti e tū mai rā a Auckland |
| Tāngahoe | te manawataki o te hoe a Turi | Tangahoe River |
| Tāngahoe | ‘te tārai hoe’, e pā ana ki ngā haerenga a Tamatea Pōkai Whenua | Tangahoe Stream |
| Tāngarākau | te tārai rākau | Tāngarākau River |
| Tapu | i noho tapu i te patua o te tini o Ngāti Tamaterā e Ngāti Hei me Ngāi Te Rangi c.1829 | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Tapu (wāhi) |
| Tāpui-o-te-uira | e tāpuia ana e te uira | Tāpui-o-te-uira |
| Taputeranga | pā o Tamai Rangi, tupuna wahine o Rangitāne | pā kei runga o Taputeranga Island |
| Taputeranga | te pā o Tamatea i mua i tana haerenga ki te tonga | pā kei runga o Taputerangi (puke), he motu i mua |
| Tapuwae | he pā onamata, i konei a Ngāti Rokau e hinga ana | pā kei te takiwā ki Ruatoki North |
| Tapuwaeharuru | te haruru o te tapuwae | kāinga kei Nukuhau (paenoho) |
| Tarakihi | he pā onamata nō Te Ātiawa | pā kei te waha o te Warea River (Teikaparua) |
| Taranaki | i piki a Tahurangi ki te tihi o te maunga ko Pukeonaki nei te ingoa i taua wā, ka tahuna he ahi e whakamaua ai te ingoa o tana hunaonga a Ruataranaki, e poua ai tōna mana ki ngā whenua | Mount Taranaki or Mount Egmont |
| Tāranga | tāne a Te Hinekaweka | Taranga Island |
| Taraoneone | kei roto i te kōrero ko ‘Taraoneone ki runga Tahitokuru ki raro’ (ko Taraoneone te pā, ko Tahitokuru te rangatira) | Taraoneone |
| Tararua | ētahi tara e rua | Tararua Range |
| Tarawera | he pakohu wera kei te tara o te maunga | Lake Tarawera |
| Tarawera | he pakohu wera kei te tara o te maunga | Mount Tarawera |
| Tāruarau | mō te rau o ōna tārua | Taruarau River |
| Tātāhoata | he pā nō Tūhoe | pā kei te raki-mā-rāwhiti o Ruatahuna (wāhi) |
| Tauhara | te tū tauhara te ipo pūkatokato rānei | Tauhara |
| Tauira Mateāwhā | mō Hineuru me ngā tūpuna o Ngāti Tū a Tauira rāua ko tana wahine a Mateāwha, i peke te wahine i konei ka mate | wāhi tapu kei te uru o Te Waka (tihi) |
| Taumaharua | te hiwi i tākina ai ngā karakia onamata | Taumaharua |
| Taumaihi | te taumaihi o te pā e makaia atu ai te aha noa iho | pā kei runga hiwi e 352m te teitei kei te taha o te Mangakara Stream, taha rāwhiti o Maungatautari |
| Taumarunui | he tau haumi | kāinga kei Taumarunui |
| Taumata-o-Hine | te taumata i okioki ai a Rangipororo | Taumataohine |
| Taumatawīwī | he matira kei ngā wīwī, te kauhanga riri rongonui o te tau 1830 i waenga i a Ngāti Hauā me te iwi o Marutūahu | kauhanga riri kei te taha tonga o Lake Karapiro, he parehua i ōna wā e 60m te teitei ake i te Waikato River |
| Taunga-ā-tara | te pae, te taunga rānei o te tara me ētahi atu manu moana | Taungatara Stream |
| Taupirikūao | ngā uri o Taupiri, he pā nō Ngāti Mahuta | pā kei te raki paku atu o Taupiri (wāhi) |
| Taupō-nui-a-Tia | te taupō (korowai) nui a Tia | Lake Taupō / Taupōmoana |
| Tauranga | he tauranga waka | Tauranga Harbour |
| Tauranga | te tauranga, te taunga atu rānei o Tāneatua | Tauranga River |
| Tauraroa | te taura roa | Tauraroa River |
| Tāurekaitai | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Pōrangahau River |
| Tautāne | te wāhanga motuhake o te māra kūmara e wehea ana mō te atua | Tautane Stream |
| Tauwhare | te wāhi i whakairia ai te kōuma o Kiwi Tāmaki ki te pūriri | pā kei runga hiwi e 117m te teitei kei te rāwhiti o Woodhill (wāhi) |
| Tauwhare Papauma | nō ‘Te Whare o Papauma’ mō te wāhi i tau ai te tao ko ‘Papauma’ te ingoa i makaia e Tūpai | pā kei Titiokura Summit he wāhi hira |
| Tauwharenīkau | i kitea e Haunui-a-Nanaia tētahi whare kua atohia ki te nīkau | Tauwharenīkau River |
| Tauwharenīkau | i kitea e Haunui-a-Nanaia tētahi whare kua atohia ki te nīkau | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Tauwharenīkau (wāhi) |
| Tawaketohunga | te pae maunga i reira te iwi o Mōkai Pātea e mahi kai ana | Tawake Tohunga Range |
| Tāwharanui | nō te whakataukī ‘He whā tawhara ki uta, he kiko tāmure ki tai’ e whakamārama ana i te nui o te kai | Tāwharanui Peninsula |
| Tāwhata | kāore e mōhiotia ana | kāinga kei Tawhata (wāhi) |
| Tāwhirirourou | te tāwhiri rourou ki ngā manuhiri i tau atu ki tēnei pā o Ngāti Tamakōpiri | pā kei te tonga paku atu o Opaea (wāhi) |
| Tawhitirahi | e hora whānui ana, i taunahatia e Puhikaiariki ki tētahi motu i Hawaiki e rite ana | Poor Knights Islands |
| Tāwhiuau | te rārangi tuatahi ka whatua ki te aho | Tawhiuau |
| Te Ahimanawa-a-Kohipipi | te wāhi i kainga ai e Te Kohipipi ngā manawa o te hunga i hinga hei rānaki i te kōhurutanga o tana tamāhine | significant site kei te uru-mā-raki o Titiokura Summit |
| Te Ahi-pūpū-a-Ihenga | te ahi i tunua ai e Ihenga he pūpū | kāinga kei te take o Mount Parihaka |
| Te Aho-a-Māui | ko te tahatika te aho a Māui, ko te koutu te wāhi i puritia ai te aho | Cape Turnagain |
| Te Ahuahu | he ingoa nō Hawaiki, ko te wāhi rānei i ahuahua ai e te hoe waka o Tākitimu he one mahana ki runga i a rātou | Great Mercury Island (Ahuahu) |
| Te Ahu-a-Tūranga | te wāhi i whāia ai, i patua ai a Tūranga-i-mua, tama a Turi, kia mate | nonoti kei te Ruahine Range kei te raki o te Manawatu Gorge |
| Te Ahumairangi | tērā pea i taunahatia e Kupe, e hono ana ki ētahi ingoa ‘Kairangi’ maha | Te Ahumairangi Hill |
| Te Ahumatā | he wahi i tīkina atu ai te matā mō te hanga rākau whawhai, te taputapu, hei hohoko anō | Te Ahumata |
| Te Ana-o-Hau | te wāhi i pokaina ai e Haunui-a-Nanaia he ana i tētahi toka ki te karakia | Te Ana-o-Hau |
| Te Anauriuri | te ana ure tū, e ai ki te kōrero ko te kāinga o Maniapoto | Maniapoto Cave |
| Te Aparangi | he kāinga ōnamata nō Ngāti Tamaoho, e hira ana mō te haumako o te whenua me te rautaki o tōna wāhi tū | kāinga kei te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Red Hill (paenoho) kei tērā taha o te Waipokapū Stream |
| Te Āpiti | te āpiti i hangaia e Okatia i a ia ka huri hei tōtara haemata ka muhu haere puta noa i te pae maunga | Manawatu Gorge |
| Te Āpura | kua puni, te puru | kāinga kei Te Puru (wāhi) |
| Te Arataumaihi | mō ngā maihi o te wharenui | kāinga kei Bulls (wāhi) |
| Te Aratiatia | te ara tiatia o Tia | he taheke kua pukea e Lake Aratiatia |
| Te Arawī | te ara kei ngā wī, pā o Te Rauparaha | pā kei Anaomaki Point |
| Te Areare | he mahinga kai hira ki te hapū o Maungaharuru-Tangitū, he wahi e mahia ai ngā momo kaimoana katoa | mahinga kai kei te uru o Whakaari (koutu) |
| Te Aroha-a-uta | te aroha o Rāhiri e rere ana ki te tuawhenua | Te Aroha |
| Te Atuamahuru | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Te Atua Mahuru |
| Te Au-kānapanapa | kānapanapa ana te au | koutu kei te tahatika o Whangaroa Bay |
| Te Awa a te Atua | te awa o te koiora | Te Awa a te Atua Beach |
| Te Awa Kairangi | he ingoa nō Hawaiki i taunahatia e Kupe | Te Awa Kairangi / Hutt River |
| Te Awahaehae | he haehaenga i te whenua nō tētahi hawai o te Rangitīkei o mua | pā kei runga parehua o te Rangitīkei River i Omatane (wāhi) |
| Te Awakari-a-Ngātoroirangi | te awa i karia e Ngātoroirangi | Maketu Estuary |
| Te Awarua | kāinga o Ngāi Te Ohuake me ōna hapū pērā i a Ngāti Hinemanu | kāinga kei te tonga-mā-uru o te pūau o te Whakaurekou River me te Rangitīkei River |
| Te Awarua-o-Porirua | nō te Parirua, te ‘rerenga o ngā tai e rua’, ko te ingoa anō o te taniwha o reira | Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour |
| Te Hapū-a-Kohe | i rāhuitia te pae maunga kia tiakina ai ngā kererū o reira mā Kohe i a ia e hapū ana. I te heria atu o ētahi kete manu maha tonu mā Kohe, ka anuanu te iwi ki a ia i tana kai i te katoa, kāore i whakaaro ki tana whānau me te iwi | Hapuakohe Range |
| Te Hapū-a-Kohe | i rāhuitia te pae maunga kia tiakina ai ngā kererū o reira mā Kohe i a ia e hapū ana | Hapuakohe |
| Te Hauturu-o-Toi | te turu a Toitehuatahi e ākina ana e te hau | Te Hauturu-o-Toi / Little Barrier Island |
| Te Hiwi-a-Tamakōpiri | te wāhi i wehe ai a Tamakōpiri i tana matua a Tamatea Pōkai Whenua | hiwi kei te raki o Waiouru i te taha o te Waitangi Stream |
| Te Hō | te pā me te urupā o Ngāi Te Rangi me Ngā Pōtiki e titiro atu ai ngā tūpuna rangatira kua nehua ki konei ki tō rātou kāinga o mua, a Tūhua | pā kei runga o Bowentown Heads |
| Te Hoe-o-Tainui | te hoe o te waka o Tainui i mau ki te paru i te pūwaha o te awa o Piako, ka mahue ki reira, nō muri iho ka piki haere i te awa ka tū mai hei maunga | Te Hoe |
| Te Hokianga-a-Kupe | te hokianga a Kupe | Hokianga Harbour |
| Te Hopuni | te okioki te noho puni rānei | kāinga kei Te Puna Estuary |
| Te Horohoroinga-o-ngā-ringa-o-Kahumatamomoe | te wāhi i horoia ai e Kahumatamomoe ōna ringa | Te Horohoroinga-o-ngā-ringa-o-Kahumatamomoe |
| Te Houhou | nō te kōrero mō te ‘Houhou i te rongo’, e kōrero ana mō te houhou i te rongo i waenga i a Ngāti Apa me Ngāti Hauiti | kāinga kei te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Rata (wāhi) i te Rangitīkei River |
| Te Hurakia-o-Kahu | te kitea e Kahu | Hauhungaroa Range |
| Te Iaroa | te ia roa | landing site me te pā tūwatawata i te Waikato River ki te tonga o Pōkeno |
| Te Ika-a-Māui | te ika i hīia ake e Māui | Te Ika-a-Māui te North Island rānei |
| Te Ikaroa-a-Māui | te ika roa a Māui | Cape Egmont |
| Te Ika-whenua-a-Tamatea-ki-te-Huatahi | te pae maunga a Tamatea-ki-te-Huatahi | Ikawhenua Range |
| Te Ipu-o-Taraia | ‘te ipu o Taraia’, i taunahatia i te ūnga mai o tana waka ki konei | significant site kei te waha o te Ngaruroro River |
| Te Kahanui-a-Tikirākau | te kaha (taura) nui (o te kaharoa) a Tikirākau | Te Kaha Point |
| Te Kaingaroa-a-Haungaroa | mō te roa o Haungaroa e kai ana | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Kaingaroa Forest |
| Te Kairanga | he pā nō Rangitāne | pā kei te takiwā ki Linton Military Camp |
| Te Kakau | mō te kakau o te toki a Kupe | Te Kakau Point |
| Te Kakepuku-o-Kahu | te maunga i kakea ai e Kahu i a ia e hapū ana | Kakepuku |
| Te Kaokao-roa-o-Patetere | te kaokao roa o Patetere | takiwā whānui i waenga i te tahatika katau o te Waikato River me te Mamaku Plateau |
| Te Kaponga | te kaponga | kāinga kei te komititanga o te Taupiri Stream me te Whanganui River |
| Te Kauaeranga | te kauae kua mokoia | kāinga kei te waha o te Kauaeranga River i Thames |
| Te Kauri | he pā onamata nō Ngāti Ranginui | pā kei Kauri Point |
| Te Kauwae-a-Māui | te kauwae a Māui | Cape Kidnappers / Te Kauwae-a-Māui |
| Te Kawa-o-Tāwhaki | te kawa o Tāwhaki, he whare wānanga | Te Kawa-o-Tāwhaki |
| Te Kawau | mō te kawau (manu), he pā tūwatawata nō Ngāti Tama kei runga moutere | pā kei runga mōtu i te Wharau Stream |
| Te Kawau-tūmārō-o-Toi | te kawau tū mārō o Toitehuatahi | Kawau Island |
| Te Koau | mō te hiahia o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua kia huri ia hei koau e rere ai ia ki runga ake i te awa nei | papa hiranga kei te pito whakarunga o te Kōau Stream |
| Te Kōhatu-whakairi-a-Ngātoroirangi | te kōhatu whakairi (karakia) a Ngātoroirangi | kōhatu kei Pohatuwhakairi Bay |
| Te Kohuroa | mō te kohu moana ka iri mai i ōna wā ki te whanga | pā kei te tonga o Te Kohuroa / Mathesons Bay |
| Te Kōpua-Kau-Tāpapa-a-Te Hoka-o-te-Rangi | te wāhi i kauhoetia ai e Te Hoka-o-te-Rangi te Rangitīkei me te mau pīkau | papa hiranga kei te Rangitīkei River, ki te tonga-mā-uru o te Tikitiki Bush |
| Te Korowai-o-Te-Tonga | te korowai o te tonga | Te Korowai-o-Te-Tonga Peninsula |
| Te Kūititanga-o-te-whakaaro-o-ngā-iwi | te kūititanga o te whakaaro o ngā iwi, te kāinga i nōhia e te tupuna ake o Ngāti Maniapoto rāua ko tana wahine, a Paparauwhare | kāinga kei Te Kūiti (wāhi) |
| Te Kura-a-Māia | te papa i kuraina ai ngā māia o Ngāi Te Rangi | pā kei Papatu Point |
| Te Māhia-mai-Tawhiti | Māhia mai i tawhiti, he ingoa nō Hawaiki | Māhia Peninsula |
| Te Māipi | i taunahatia e Kupe he rite nō te āhua ki tana māipi (rākau whawhai) i tanumia e ia ki te tihi | Te Māipi |
| Te Mana-o-Kupe-ki-te-Moana-nui-a-Kiwa | the mana o Kupe i whakawhiti nei i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa | Mana Island |
| Te Maraeroa | kāinga o ngā rangatira o Ngāti Manuhiri, a Rāhui Te Kiri rāua ko Tenetahi Paraone | papa hiranga me te one papatahi kei Maraeroa (wāhi) i te tonga-mā-uru o Te Hauturu-o-Toi / Little Barrier Island |
| Te Mata-o-Rongokako | the mata (kanohi) of Rongokako, matua o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua | Te Mata Peak |
| Te Matau-a-Māui | te matau hī ika a Māui | Hawke Bay |
| Te Mauku | he pā hira nō Tūhoe rāua ko Tānemoeahi | pā kei te raki paku atu o Tāneatua |
| Te Maungamaupaki | te maunga e mau tonu ai te rangi paki | Maumaupaki / Camels Back |
| Te Māwhai | he tipu pirinoa | Māwhai Point |
| Te Moana i kataina ā Te Rangitakaroro | i te kīia o te roto he moana kē e tētahi o ngā toa a Te Rangitakaroro, ka taka ia i te toka e noho ana ia i tana pukukata | Lake Ōkataina/Te Moana i kataina ā Te Rangitakaroro |
| Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi | te moana a Toitehuatahi | Bay of Plenty |
| Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa | te moana nui a Kiwa | South Pacific Ocean |
| Te Moana-o-Raukawa | kōparetia ana e te hunga whakawhiti i te mōana ō rātou karu ki te rau kawakawa kia kore ai e kitea atu ngā motu tapu o Ngā Whatukaiponu, kei ora mai hoki a Te Whekenui | Cook Strait |
| Te Moenga-hau-o-Tamatekapua | te moenga o Tamatekapua (kua nehua nei ki te tihi) ka pūhia tonuhia e te hau | Moehau |
| Te Mōrere | tārere ai ngā taiohi o te pā ki runga ake i te ariā i te awa ki te taura roa kua herea ki te rākau | Te Mōrere Pā kei Sentry Hill (wāhi) kei te tonga-mā-uru o Waitara |
| Te Motu Tohorā | e kōrero ana mō te kaitiaki o te tupuna a Manaia | motu kei te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o te Great Barrier Island (Aotea Island) |
| Te Motu-a-Ihenga | te motu a Ihenga | Motuihe Island / Te Motu-a-Ihenga |
| Te Motu-o-Kura | te motu o Kura | Te Motu-o-Kura / Bare Island |
| Te Motu-o-Poutoa | mō te papa rewa e noho mai ana tēnei pā o Rangitāne | Te Motu o Poutoa, he pā kei te tahatika mauī o te Manawatū River i Anzac Park, Palmerston North |
| Te Motu-tapu-a-Tinirau | te motu tapu a Tinirau, he ingoa nō Hawaiki e tohu ana i te tupuna o ngā ika katoa | Motutapu Island |
| Te Nehenehenui | te nehenehe (wao) nui | te nehenehe ka rere i Te Rohe Pōtae |
| Te Ngutu-o-te-manu | te ngutu o te manu | pā kei te raki-mā-rāwhiti o Manaia i te ara o Ahipara |
| Te Nuku-o-Mourea | ko Te Nuku ko te ‘neke’, he ingoa wairua te Mourea, te wāhi e puea ake ai te wairua ina hou atu ki Te Poka Tōrere | Columbia Bank / Te Nuku-o-Mourea |
| Te Ō-a-Hei | te ō a Hei i te ātaahua o te kāinga nei | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Hahei (wāhi) |
| Te Ohāki | te ohāki | kāinga ki te raki o Huntly West (paenoho) i te tahatika mauī o te Waikato River |
| Te Okohoroi | nō te kōrero a Kīngi Tāwhiao ‘Ko Kemureti tōku oko horoi’, e kōrero ana mō Kemureti (Cambridge) [me Lake Ko Utu], tana oko horoi i te mamae | papa hiranga kei Lake Te Ko Utu, Cambridge |
| Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē | te takutai roa a Tōhē, he kupu whakarite mō ana mahi nunui | Te Oneroa-a-Tōhē / Ninety Mile Beach |
| Te Onetapu | te one tapu, e tohu ana i te patunga o Taiteariki | Te Onetapu |
| Te Oreore | i te putanga mai a tētahi rangatira i te ngahere, oreore ana i te kitenga i te mānia haumako papatahi | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Te Ore Ore (wāhi) |
| Te Pae-a-Whaitiri | te pae a te Whaitiri | te wāhi ki te uru o te Tararua Range kei uta atu o Waikanae |
| Te Paepae o Aotea | te paepae kei mua o te whare o Aotea | Te Paepae o Aotea |
| Te Paerahi | te pae rahi, te pae whānui | kāinga tahatika pātata ki te waha o te Pōrangahau River |
| Te Paeroa-a-Toitehuatahi | te pae maunga roa a Toitehuatahi | whānui ake i te Coromandel Range atu i Moehau (hiwi) ka rere whakatetonga ki Te Aroha (hiwi) |
| Te Pane-o-Horoiwi | pā ōnamata nō Ngāti Paoa (takiwā ki te 1800) | pā kei Achilles Point |
| Te Pā-o-Pōtangotango | pā nō Pō Tangotango rāua ko Ruatapu o Rangitāne me Muaūpoko | pā kei te raki paku atu o Lake Horowhenua |
| Te Papa-a-Tarinuku | te wāhi i tāpaea ai e Tarinuku he tahā kai ki a Tamatea Pōkai Whenua | papa hiranga kei The Narrows, Rangitīkei River |
| Te Papa-o-Rotu | te wāhi i whakatūria ai e Rotu tētahi whare wānanga | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Whatawhata (wāhi) |
| Te Pirongia-o-te-aroaro-o-Kahu | te ara kakara o Kahu | Pirongia |
| Te Poroporo | mō te tipu e tāoke ana ngā kōriri, kia maoa e pai ana te kai, tae atu ki ngā rau kānewha | small bay kei te raki o Cape Turnagain |
| Te Pou-a-Hauiti | te wāhi i whakatūria ai e Hauiti tana pou hei whakatūpato i a Ngāti Tūwharetoa | papa hiranga kei te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Waiouru |
| Te Pounui-o-Peretū | te ‘Pou Whakairo Nui’ o Peretū | Ponui Island / Chamberlins Island |
| Te Pū Taumaru | te pūtake taumaru o te maunga | kāinga tahatika kei te Hongikore Stream |
| Te Puia | mō te puia e pupū ake ana i te one | Hot Water Beach |
| Te Puke-o-Kahu | te puke tapu o Kahukura, i taunahatia e tana tama e Rakamaomao | puke e 585m te teitei kei te tonga o Lake Whakamaru, kei te raki o te puke o Whakaahu e 692m te teitei |
| Te Puke-o-Rakamaomao | te puke o Rakamaomao, tupuna o Tainui | Pukeoraka |
| Te Pureora-o-Kahu | te pure i ora ai a Kahu i muri o tana whakawhānau | Pureora |
| Te Puru | he pā nō Ngāti Apa o te rautau 19 | pā kei waenga o Halcombe (wāhi) me te Rangitīkei River |
| Te Pūtiki-wharanui-a-Tamatea-pōkai-whenua | te pūtiki a Tamatea, i herea ki te wharanui (harakeke) | kāinga pātata ki te waha o te Whanganui River i Putiki (wāhi) |
| Te Rae-o-Kōhī | te rae o Kōhī | kūrae kei Kōhī Point |
| Te Rae-o-Tangoio | te rae o Tangoio, i taunahatia e ia i a ia e whakahemohemo ana | pā e pātata ana ki te waha o Te Ngarue Stream |
| Te Ramanui | te rama nui i rere i te hinengaro, he pā onamata nō Ngāti Ruanui, he wāhi tapu ahurewa nui | pā kei te uru o Hāwera |
| Te Ranga-a-te-Atua | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Rangioteatua |
| Te Rangi-i-Totongia-a-Tamatekapua | te rā i rere ai te toto, i taotū hoki a Tamatekapua i te riri i te kokoru o Motutapu | Rangitoto Island |
| Te Rangiwhakamatuku | mō Te Rangiwhakamatuku, tama a Te Ohuake | Rangiwhakamataku |
| Te Rau-o-te-Huia | ngā kōtore o te huia, i taunahatia e Maki ki tana kāinga i Kāwhia | Te Rau-o-te-Huia / Mount Donald McLean |
| Te Rei | te tihi e wehe atu ai ngā wairua | Te Rei |
| Te Rēinga | te wāhi e rere atu ai te wairua | Te Reinga Falls |
| Te Rerenga o Te Aohuruhuru | te rerenga (whakamomori) o Te Aohuruhuru | coastal rock kei te rāwhiti o Taraoneone |
| Te Rerenga Wairua | te wāhi e wehe atu ai ngā wairua | Cape Reinga / Te Rerenga Wairua |
| Te Rimurapa | i taunahatia e Kupe ki ngā rimurapa i hangaia ai e ia he pōhā kai | Sinclair Head / Te Rimurapa |
| Te Rite-a-Kawharu | te wāhi i tohua ai e te pūriri te tāroaroa o Kawharu te hore | Te Rite-a-Kawharu Pā kei runga o Te Rite-a-Kawharu Hill |
| Te Riu-o-Puanga | te whakaata o Puanga (whetū) i ngā wai o te riu | kāinga kei Moawhango (wāhi) |
| Te Roro-o-Kurī | te roro o te kurī | Rorookuri |
| Te Roto kite ā Ihenga i ariki ai Kahu | nō Te Rotoiti-i-kite-a-Ihenga-ariki-ai-Kahumatamomoe, te roto iti i kitea e Ihenga i ariki ai a Kahumatamomoe | Lake Rotoiti/Te Roto kite ā Ihenga i ariki ai Kahu |
| Te Rotorua nui ā Kahumatamomoe | te roto tuarua, te roto nui ake i taunahatia ki a Kahumatamomoe | Lake Rotorua/Te Rotorua nui ā Kahumatamomoe |
| Te Ruapekapeka | te tūrua o te pekapeka | mahinga kai kei te tonga-mā-uru o Ohakune |
| Te Tai Hauāuru | te tai ki te hauāuru | moana kei waho atu o te tai hauāuru o Te Ika-a-Māui |
| Te Tai Rāwhiti | te tai e whiti ai te rā | moana kei waho atu o te tai rāwhiti o Te Ika-a-Māui |
| Te Tai Tamatāne | ngā tai au kukume (tāne) | moana kei waho atu o te tai uru-mā-raki o Te Ika-a-Māui |
| Te Tai Tamawahine | ngā tai marino, te moana rānei i hoea ai e te wahine | moana kei waho atu o te tahatika raki-mā-rāwhiti o Te Ika-a-Māui |
| Te Tai Tokerau | te moana kei waho atu o ngā tahatika ki te tokerau | moana atu i Cape Karikari i Cape Whakapouaka rānei ki Bream Head |
| Te Tai-o-Rehua | te moana o te atua o Rehua, tētahi o ngā tama a Rangi rāua ko Papa | Tasman Sea |
| Te Tangi-aronui-o-Kahu | te tangi aroha a Kahumatamomoe i te tāpukehia o tana matua | kāinga kei Port Charles (wāhi) |
| Te Tāpiri | te pou rāhui a Ngāti Whare e tautuhi ana i ngā paenga o Te Whāiti-Nui-a-Toi | Te Tāpiri |
| Te Tara-o-Te-Ika | te tara o te ika a Māui | Coromandel Peninsula |
| Te Tara-o-te-marama | he pā hira i pāhorotia e Ngāti Kurapoto ka pāhorotia hoki e Ngāti Tūwharetoa | pā kei Lake Rotongaio |
| Te Taumata-a-Mekura | mō te tupuna a Mekura | Taumataomekura |
| Te Taumatawhakatangihangakōauau otamateaturipūkākāpikimaungahoronuku pōkaiwhenuakitanatahu | te taumata horo nuku i kakea e Tamatea pōkai whenua, ki reira whakatangi ai i tana kōauau ki tana teina | Taumatawhakatangihangakōauauotamateapōkaiwhenuakitānatahu |
| Te Tauroa | te roa o Kahutianui e tatari ana kia hoki mai tana matua | Tauroa Point |
| Te Tawhiti-nui-a-Paoa | te tirohanga ki tawhiti nui a Paoa | Tawhiti |
| Te Teoteo | tētahi wāhanga o ngā parepare i hangaia e Ngāti Tamaoho i te tau 1863 hei pare atu i te urutomo a te Karauna i Waikato | Te Teoteo Pā, e tūtata ana ki te Whangamarino Redoubt, kei te tonga-mā-rāwhiti o Mercer (wāhi) |
| Te Tiki-o-te-Ihingaarangi | e kōrero ana mō te tupuna o Ngāti Raukawa a Ihingaarangi | pā kei te tonga-mā-uru o Karapiro (wāhi) |
| Te Toka-Tapu-a-Kupe | te toka tapu a Kupe | Te Toka-Tapu-a-Kupe / Ninepin Rock |
| Te Tuna-a-Te-Ohuake | he tuna mōkai tā Te Ohuake i konei | wāhi hira kei te tonga o Ngamahango (wāhi) |
| Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto | ‘te unuhanga a Rangitoto’, mō tētahi pūrākau onamata mō Tiriwa me ētahi atu tūpuna | Te Unuhanga-a-Rangitoto / Mercer Bay |
| Te Upoko-o-te-kurī-a-Paoa | te upoko o te kurī a Paoa | Young Nicks Head / Te Kurī |
| Te Urenui | te ure nui | Te Urenui Pā kei te tahatika matau o te Urenui River pātata ki te waha |
| Te Uri | takiwā o te kāinga onamata o Kahungunu | ngā hiwi kei waenga o Pōrangahau me Dannevirke |
| Te Waewae-Kapiti-o-Tara-rāua-ko-Rangitāne | te kotinga kei waenganui o Tara me Rangitāne | Kapiti Island |
| Te Wāhipuku | te puku i ripiripia, i wāhia, mō te matenga o tētahi tupuna o nehe | Lake Waahi |
| Te Wai o Tūranga | te puna i houhia ai te rongo e Pakuia me Tūranga | spring kei te pūtake ki te rāwhiti o Coast Hill |
| Te Wai-a-Kura | pā onamata no te hapū o Heretaunga Tamatea | pā kei runga hiwi tahatika ki te raki o Waimārama (wāhi) |
| Te Waikiekie/Te Roha-a-te-kawau | ētahi pā tūwatawata e rua kei runga moutere i āta ahuahua e Muaūpoko | ētahi pā e rua kei te tāwaha o Lake Horowhenua |
| Te Waiu o Pukemaire | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Te Waiu o Pukemaire/Braemar Springs |
| Te Weraiti | he ahi iti | Te Weraiti |
| Te Whakamarumaru-a-Kahu | te whakamarumaru a Kahu | papa hiranga kei te Whakamaru Lookout |
| Te Whakarae | e hōhō ana, e whakarae ana | kāinga kei Te Whakarae (wāhi) |
| Te Whakatiri | te unu i te tapu, te whakanoa | Lottin Point / Wakatiri |
| Te Whakatūrākau | he tupuna nō Ngāti Kahungunu | Te Whakatūrākau Stream |
| Te Whākauae-a-Tamatea | te kauae (kōiwi) o Tamatea Pōkai Whenua | ngā hiwi kei te uru o te Hautapu River me Taihape |
| Te Whāngai-a-Tamarāwaho | te wāhi mahi tuangi, ina koa mā ngā wāhine hapū | mahinga kai kei te tāhuna i te Waikareao Estuary |
| Te Whanganui-a-Orotū | te whanga nui a Orotū, uri o Māhu, tupuna o te hapū o Ahuriri | he pūroto i mua (e mōhiotia ana ko te Ahuriri Lagoon) kei te uru-mā-raki o Napier i hikina e te rū o te 1931 |
| Te Whanganui-a-Tara | te whanga nui a Tara | Wellington Harbour / Port Nicholson |
| Te Whanga-o-Motairehe | mō te hononga o Ngāti Rehua ki te waka o Tainui | Katherine Bay |
| Te Whanga-o-Rangiwhakaea | mō te hononga o Ngāti Rehua ki te waka o Tainui | Rangiwhakaea Bay |
| Te Whanga-o-Rarohara | i taunahatia e te tupuna e Turi hei tohu i te nui o te ika me te makuru o te kai | Port Fitzroy |
| Te Wharekaiatua | e tohu ana pea i te au kukume mōrearea ka rere tūpou i te hongere i waho atu o te raenga | Cape Colville |
| Te Whata-a-Tamakōpiri | te whata kai a Tamakōpiri | papa hiranga kei runga o Te Whata (puke) |
| Te Whatu | he ingoa nō te wā ki te hekenga nui o te waka | Te Whatu / Berghan Point |
| Te Whetūmatarau | pā onamata nō Ngāti Porou | pā kei runga hiwi i te tonga o Te Araroa (wāhi) |
| Te Whitianga-a-Kupe | te wāhi i ū mai ai a Kupe i te whitinga mai i Hawaiki | Whitianga Harbour |
| Te-Hāwere-a-Maki | te mau taringa a Maki, matua o te tupuna ake o Ngāti Manuhiri. He wāhi hiranga nui ki te iwi | Te Hāwere-a-Maki / Goat Island |
| Terāwhiti | "te rāwhiti", te whakautu a Topea ki a Cook i Motuara, i te uia ki te ingoa o te kūrae i Te Raukawa-o-Moana | Cape Terawhiti |
| Tīeke | te tīeke (manu) | kāinga kei te tahatika mauī o te Whanganui River, ki te tonga o Mangatiti Landing |
| Tihirau | te rau (maha) o te tihi | Cape Runaway |
| Tīkapa Moana | te tangi tīkapa, e pā ana ki te toka o Tīkapa [te toka o Horuhoru (Gannet Rock)] te wāhi i whakahaeretia ai ngā karakia tāpui whenua | Hauraki Gulf / Tīkapa Moana |
| Tikitapu | te wāhi i ngaro ai te taonga tapu a te tamāhine a tētahi ariki i a ia e kauhoe ana | Tikitapu / Blue Lake |
| Tikokino | mō te kino o te tiko | takiwā ki Tikokino (wāhi) |
| Tīmāhanga | mō ngā māhanga manu i tētahi uru tī | takiwā kei waenga o te Sparrowhawk Range me te Kaikomata Range |
| Tīpapakūkū | he rākau mō te hopu kūkū | takiwā o Pigeon Bush (wāhi) |
| Tīraumea | ngā rau o te tī e pīwari ana i te hau | Tīraumea River |
| Tiriparepa | mō te korowai ka whakamahia ki te hiki i te tapu | Tiriparepa / Scott Point |
| Tiritirimatangi | i taunahatia e Maki, matua o te tupuna ake o Ngāti Manuhiri, i whakamahara i a ia ki tana toi whenua i Waikato | Tiritiri Matangi Island |
| Tirorangi | he kāinga nō Ngāti Rangi | kāinga kei Whangaehu River i te tonga o Rangataua |
| Tirotirowhetū | he pā rautaki nō Rakuraku rangatira o Tūhoe | pā kei te tonga o Kutarere (wāhi) |
| Tīrua | he wāhi weherua, he raenga e rua | Tirua Point |
| Tītī | mō ngā rākau tītī i tipu ki ōna tahataha | Tītī |
| Titirākāhu | te kōhanga o te kāhu, he matairangi | pā kei runga ake o Anzac Bay |
| Titirangi | he puke, he maunga rānei ka toro ki te rangi | Mount Titirangi |
| Titiraupenga | te titi, te whakarākei i ngā makawe ki ngā rau o te manu | Titiraupenga |
| Titoki | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Titoki Ridge |
| Tiwhanui | he matairangi te tihi o te pari nā te hapū o Maungaharuru Tangitū mō te tohorā me te rāngai ika | significant coastal place kei te raki o te wahapū o te Moeangiangi River |
| Tohitohi-o-Reipae | mō tētahi tupuna wahine rongonui o Tainui, he paenga, he wāhi hoki mō Ngāti Manuhiri e maharatia ai te ahunga mai o ngā tūpuna | The Dome |
| Tohoraha | te tohorā hei tā te titiro a Kupe i a ia i te moana | Tohoraha / Mount Camel |
| Tokanui | te toka nui, tētahi o ētahi pā e toru o Ngāti Raukawa | pā kei runga o Te Kawa (puke) kei te tonga-mā-uru o Tokanui (wāhi) |
| Tokatea | te atarau kōnakonako e whakaatatia ana e te mata teatea o te maunga | Tokatea |
| Tokatoka | he huinga toka koi e koure mai ana i te whenua i te wai rānei | Tokatoka |
| Tokatū | he toka tū, he tohu whakatere moana hiranga mō Ngāti Manuhiri | toka kei Takatū Point |
| Tokerau | te raki (tokerau), he ingoa nō Hawaiki | Bay of Islands |
| Tokomaru | te whakatara i te maru, i te mana, he ingoa waka anō | Tokomaru Bay |
| Tomorātā | mō tētahi rātā tapu i reira e nehua ana e Manuhiri tana teina ki ngā āputa i ngā paiaka | wāhi hiranga kei Tomarata Lake |
| Tongapōrutu | te wāhi i kitea ai te punga o Tokomaru | Tongapōrutu River |
| Tongariro | mō te karanga a Ngātoroirangi kua "riro ia i te tonga" | Mount Tongariro |
| Tōtara | he pā nō Ngāti Maru, i hoepapatia e Ngāpuhi i ngā tau 1820 | pā kei Totara (wāhi) |
| Tuakau | he tuakau, he whenua tītōhea | kāinga kei Tuakau |
| Tuhimata | te puke i tuhia (karakiahia) ai te āhua o tētahi atua | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Ramarama (wāhi) |
| Tuhirangi | te wāhi i tuhia ki te rangi | Tuhirangi |
| Tūhua | te tūhua, he ingoa nō Hawaiki | Mayor Island / Tūhua |
| Tūhua | te tūhua, he ingoa nō Hawaiki | Tuhua |
| Tukituki | i hangaia i te tukitukitanga a ētahi taniwha e rua | Tukituki River |
| Tūparehuia | he tūpare i whakarākeitia ki te hou o te huia | Bland Bay |
| Turakina | te wāhi i turakina ai e Haunui-a-Nanaia tētahi rākau ki te whakawhiti i te awa | Turakina River |
| Turakirae | te turaki i te rae, arā, i te whenua e takoto ana ki mua | Turakirae Head |
| Tūrangaarere | te titiro whakarunga mai i raro i tētahi wairere kia kitea ngā wai e rere ana i runga | wairere kei te Hautapu River i te takiwā ki Turangarere (wāhi) |
| Tūranganui-a-Kiwa | te wāhi i tū ai, i tatari ai rānei a Kiwa (he maha ngā kōrero) | Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay |
| Tūtaekurī | i makaia ngā whēkau o ētahi kurī whitu tekau ki te awa i muri o tētahi hākari | Tutaekuri River |
| Tutamoi | te moi a Tuta i tana kurī | Tutamoe |
| Tūtātarakihi | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Tūtātarakihi |
| Tūtira | tētahi māhinga kai hiranga a Ngāti Tū, a Ngāti Kurumōkihi/Ngāi Tatara | Lake Tūtira |
| Tutukākā | he rākau i reira e mutuhia ana te kākā | Tutukaka Harbour |
| Ūawa-nui-a-Ruamatua | te awa nui a Ruamatua | Ūawa River |
| Uhimānuka | mō te uhi mānuka i hangaia e Rakairangi mō ana karu | papa hiranga kei te Carter Scenic Reserve |
| Umutōī | he umu mō te tunu tōī (tī tōī) | papa hiranga kei te Iron Gates Gorge |
| Urenui | te ure nui o Turi | Urenui River |
| Urungaparāoa | he urunga parāoa | he ana kei raro o Moeatoa (puke) |
| Urutī | he uru tī | Urutī Point |
| Waewae | nō ngā kōrero mō te pūtakenga mai o Waikaremoana '...i hōkari ngā ringa me ngā waewae o Haumapuhia, kātahi ka pōkare ngā wai’ | Waewae Creek |
| Wai-a-Niu | he pā onamata nō Ngāti Ira | pā kei te pūau o te Waipaoa River me te Waikohu River |
| Waianuanu | he wai tino kino te makariri | Waianuanu |
| Waiapu | he kōhatu e kauorotia ai tētahi mea i kitea i te whārua nei | Waiapu River |
| Wai-ariki | te wai o te ariki | Mount Wai-ariki |
| Waiau | he awa e tere ana te rere o te au | Waiau River |
| Waiaua | te wāhi i kai aua (ika) ai a Kahumatamomoe, i rere noa te aua ki uta i te whāia e te ika nui | Coromandel Harbour |
| Waiaua | wai o te aua (ika) | Waiaua River |
| Waiāwangawanga | i whakaaro a Haunui-a-Nanaia, i te nui o ngā piko, kua āwangawanga noa te awa, kua kore e aro e haere pēhea ana | Waingawa River |
| Waihāhā | he ingoa nō Hawaiki | Waihāhā River |
| Waihē | ‘Kō te iti o Waihē, he puta kino nui', i āta tiakina, i tū te riri mō ngā rauemi nui o te whanga | Mahurangi Heads |
| Waiheke | ngā wai e heke ana | Waiheke Island |
| Waihī | te hī, te hihī o te wai | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Waihi Beach (wāhi) |
| Waihī | te hī o te wai i te totōnga mai, i te pātōtōhia o te whenua e Kahumatamomoe ki tana turupou | kāinga kei te kokonga tonga-mā-uru o Lake Taupō / Taupōmoana |
| Waihinga | ngā wai e hūkere ana | papa kei te uru paku atu o Martinborough |
| Waihōu | ngā wai hou | Waihou River |
| Waikanae | te wāhi i tū kānaenae ai a Haunui-a-Nanaia i te kaha o te ia o te wai | Waikanae River |
| Waikare | te wai e kakare ana | Waikare River |
| Waikare | te wai e kakare ana | Lake Waikare |
| Waikareiti | te roto iti e kakare ana ōna wai | Lake Waikareiti |
| Waikaremoana | te moana (roto) e kakare ana ōna wai | Lake Waikaremoana |
| Waikari | te tere, te kaha rānei o te rere o te wai | Waikari River |
| Waikato | te hanumitanga o te wai māori ina rere ki te moana me te ‘mahi’ a te moana ki te ‘kato’ i te wai o te awa i te hikuawa (he ingoa nō Hawaiki) | Waikato River |
| Waikawa | ngā wai kawa | Waikawa Point |
| Waikawa | he wai kawa noa iho i kitea e Kahungunu i konei hei inu māna | Portland Island |
| Waikawau | ngā wai o te kawau | Waikawau Bay |
| Waikawau | he awa i nōhia e te kawau | Waikawau River |
| Waikeri | te keri mō te wai māori, he pū wai nō ngā kāinga o Te Uri-o-Hau | Waikeri Creek |
| Waikohu | he awa e tauria ana e te kohu | Waikohu River |
| Waimā | he wai mā | Waimā River |
| Waimamaku | te wai o te mamaku, i taunahatia e Tōhē ki tētahi awa i Muriwhenua koia anō te ingoa | Waimamaku River |
| Waimārama | he pā nō ngā iwi o Ngāti Tara | pā kei te takiwā ki Waimārama (wāhi) |
| Waimata | he tohu whenua mō te tira haere | Waimata River |
| Waimīmiha | kāore e mōhiotia ana | Waimīmiha |
| Waingongoro | te wāhi i ngongoro ai te ihu o Turi | Waingongoro River |
| Wainui-o-Rū | te wai nui o Rū, tētahi kairūri whenua | Wainuioru River |
| Waiohine | mō te heke o ngā roimata o Haunui-a-Nanaia i tana kite pohewa noa i te kanohi o tana wahine o Wairaka i te wai | Waiohine River |
| Waiotahe | e pā ana ki te waiwhero | Waiotahe River |
| Waiotapu | te wai tapu | Waiotapu Stream |
| Waioweka | wai o te weka | Waioeka River |
| Waioweka | wai o te weka | kāinga kei Waioeka (wāhi) |
| Waipā | he awa e pāngia ana e te tini awa | Waipā River |
| Wai-pāhīhī-a-Tia | te wāhi i rangona ai te pahī o te wai i ngā waewae o Tia i a ia e hīkoi ana i te one | kāinga kei Waipahihi (paenoho) |
| Waipaoa | te awa o Paoa | Waipaoa River |
| Waipari | te wai e āki ana ki te pari | Waipare Stream |
| Waipawa | mō te ingoa o te awa i hangaia ki te okenga a ētahi taniwha e rua | takiwā ki Waipawa (wāhi) |
| Waipawa | i te okenga a ētahi taniwha e rua ka kōihi te pae maunga, pāia ana ko tētahi roto, ka puta ko te awa | Waipawa River |
| Waipoua | te whakamātau i te hōhonu o te wai ki te tokotoko | Waipoua River [atu i te Tararua Range] |
| Waipoua | te horoi poua (he mātaitai, he momo pipi nui) ki te wai māori | Waipoua River [tonga o Hokianga Harbour] |
| Waipuhi | te rangatira i ārahi i te pakanga ki a Ngāti Hotu | kāinga kei te raki o Clive |
| Waipukurau | mō te hāpua i pipīa ai te pukurau (matakupenga) kia pai ai te kai | mahinga kai kei te raki-mā-rāwhiti o Waipukurau |
| Waipunga | te awa i tīkina atu ai te punga | Waipunga River |
| Wairākei | he wāhi whakarākei | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Papamoa Beach (paenoho) |
| Wairarapa | te rarapa o te rā i ngā wai o te roto i pā ki ngā karu o Haunui-a-Nanaia, ka waiwai | Lake Wairarapa |
| Wairau | kua pāia te wai e te rau | Wairau River |
| Wairere | te wāhi tiki wai māori a Te Uri-o-Hau | Lake Wairere |
| Wairoa | he rerenga wai roa, pērā i te awa | Wairoa River [raki o te Kaipara Harbour] |
| Wairoa | he rerenga wai roa | Wairoa River [uru o te Hunua Ranges] |
| Wairoa | he rerenga wai roa | Wairoa River [ka rere ki te Tauranga Harbour] |
| Wairoatapokorau | he awa roa nui te raru ka pā | Wairoa River [ka rere i te Wairoa (taone)] |
| Wairua | mō te wairua, ngā awa (wai) e rua rānei | Wairua River |
| Waitahanui | he pā nui onamata nō Tūwharetoa | pā kei te ngutuawa o te Tongariro River, kua pukea e te wai |
| Waitahanui | te awa i āta whakatipuria ai te tī kōuka hei kai | Waitahanui River |
| Waitakaruru | ngā wai karekare e taka ana e ruru ana | kāinga kei Waitakaruru (wāhi) |
| Waitangi | ngā wai tangi | Waitangi River |
| Waitaranui-a-Ngarue | te haere hōkai o ngā waewae o Turi ki te whakawhiti i te awa | Waitara River |
| Waitāwheta | ngā wai tāwheta | Waitawheta River |
| Waitematā | i whakanōhia e Tamatekapua he matā ki te whanga hei mauri | Waitematā Harbour |
| Waitoa | te wāhi o mua i heria ai ngā toa kia tohia i muri o te pakanga | Waitoa River |
| Waitōtara | he awa e rere ana, e rere pātata ana rānei ki te ngahere tōtara | Waitōtara River |
| Waiuku | he one tāpokopoko he wai paruparu rānei | Waiuku River |
| Wakahau | he ingoa nō Hawaiki | Slipper Island (Whakahau) |
| Wakatehāua | i whakaaro a Tōhē e rite ana te āhua ki te waka i hāua e ngā atua mō te hī ika | Wakatehāua Island |
| Wakatūwhenua | te wāhi i ū ai te waka o Moekākara ki uta, e mōhiotia ana ki te tūrorotia o te hoe waka i te kaiuaua o te haerenga iho | whanga kei te tonga o Te Hāwere-a-Maki / Goat Island |
| Whāingaroa | i taunahatia e Rakataura ki te 'whāinga roa' o te waka o Tainui i mua i te ūnga ki uta | Whāingaroa Harbour |
| Whāingaroa | mō te kīnga a tētahi wahine e tatari ana ki tana tāne rākau kawa i haere whakatetonga, "kātahi te whāinga roa" | Whangaroa Harbour |
| Whakaahurangi | te whetū e tohu ana i te ara i whāia e Ruatahanga ki te moe i tana tāne | kāinga kei te takiwā ki Stratford |
| Whakaari | i tonoa ngā tipua ahi a Pupū rāua ko Te Hōata i Hawaiki ki te whakaora i a Ngātoroirangi i te makariri i Tongariro, i konei rāua e puea ake ana kia mōhio ai rāua me ahu pēhea | Whakaari / White Island |
| Whakahoro | ka mahi kia horo, kia tāhoro, kia hora rānei | kāinga kei Whakahoro (wāhi) |
| Whakairi | te toka whakairi a Ngātoroirangi | Table Mountain |
| Whakapapa | te hātepe o te taki haere i te whakapapa | Whakapapa River |
| Whakapouaka | te hanga pouaka mō te mutu manu | Cape Whakapouaka |
| Whakapunake | te punake, te pito whakamua rānei o te waka | Whakapunake |
| Whakarae | he pā onamata nō Tūhoe | pā kei te tonga o Tahora (wāhi) |
| Whakatāne | ka mahi kia rite ki te tāne | Whakatāne River |
| Whakaū | ngā motu e pōtae ana | Red Mercury Island (Whakau) |
| Whangaehu | te wāhi i tīehutia ai e Haunui-a-Nanaia ngā wai ehu | Whangaehu River |
| Whangaehu | kāore e mōhiotia ana | mahinga kai kei te tonga o Pōrangahau (wāhi) |
| Whangākea | he wāhi mutu kea | Whangākea / Pandora |
| Whangamarino | ngā wai marino o te wairepo | wairepo whānui kei te raki o Lake Waikare |
| Whangamatā | te whanga e kawata ana i te kongakonga matā | Whangamatā Harbour |
| Whangamōmona | he awa whānui, he awa mōmona | Whangamōmona River |
| Whangamumu | te whanga mumuhau | Whangamumu Harbour |
| Whanganui | te whanga roa a Haunui-a-Nanaia kia huri te tai kia pai ai tana whakawhiti | Whanganui River |
| Whangaokeno | te whanga o te keno, o te rangatira rānei | Whangaokeno / East Island |
| Whanga-o-Maha | mō te maha o te rauemi māori | Omaha Cove |
| Whangaparāoa | te whanga o te parāoa | Whangaparāoa Bay |
| Whangaparāoa | te whanga o te parāoa | Whangaparaoa Peninsula |
| Whangapē | he ingoa nō Hawaiki | Lake Whangape |
| Whangapēkaraka | he pā onamata nō Ue Oneone | pā kei te takiwā ki Whangapē (wāhi) |
| Whangapēkaraka | te wāhi i kite ai a Tōhē i te iwi e mahi karaka ana | Whangapē Harbour |
| Whangapoua | ngā wai o te poua (mātaitai) | Whangapoua Harbour |
| Whangarā-mai-Tawhiti | he pā onamata nō Paikea | pā kei te takiwā ki Whangara (wāhi) |
| Whangaruru | te whanga ruru i taunahatia e Puhi | Whangaruru Harbour |
| Whangateau | te whanga e kaha ana te tō o te au | Whangateau Harbour |
| Whanga-terenga-parāoa | te whanga e tere ai te parāoa | Whangārei Harbour |
| Whareama | te whare i whakairohia ōna maihi | Whareama River |
| Wharekahika | te whare i hangaia ki te kahikatea | Wharekahika / Hicks Bay |
| Wharekāpu | nō te wharekāpunipuni, te wāhi e kāpunipuni ai i muri o te pakanga | Wharekāpu / Paxton Point |
| Whare-o-Rino | te whare o Rino | Whareorino |
| Wharepūhunga | he whare pūhungahunga, kāore anō i oti ngā whakairo | Wharepūhunga |
| Wharetāewa | he pā nō Ngāti Hei i hoepapatia e Ngāpuhi i ngā tau 1820 | pā kei te tonga o Wharekaho Beach |
| Whatawhata | te wāhi i piki rākau ai a Māhina-a-rangi kia kite i a Maungatautari | significant site kei te pūau o te Māhina-a-rangi Stream me te Waiomou Stream |
| Whatitiri | te whaitiri | Whatitiri |
| Whatumā | nō te kōrero mō 'te wāhi e mākona ai te whatumanawa o te tangata' | Lake Whatumā |
| Wheao | he rangatira | Wheao River |
| Whenua ā-kura | e kōrero ana mō te whānautanga mai o te tupuna, o Raukawa | wāhi tapu kei te Kaimai Range, kei te raki o te Huanui 29 |
| Whenuakura | pā nō Turi | pā kei te waha o te Pātea River |
| Whenuakura | he whenua kura, he ingoa nō Hawaiki | Whenuakura River |
| Whetūkura | kāore e mōhiotia ana | papa hiranga kei te takiwā ki Whetukura (wāhi) |
| Whirinaki | e whirinaki ana e auroro ana | Whirinaki River |
| Whitikau | nō te ingoa o te awa i raru ai a Turi Arikinui i te whakawhitinga | mahinga kai kei te uru-mā-raki o Pātea (wāhi) |
| Whitikaupeka | te ingoa o te pou e tohu ana i te whakawhitinga i te Rangitīkei | papa hiranga e whakawhiti ai te Ara o Taihape - Napier i te Rangitīkei River |
| Whitireia | he pā nō Paikea | pā kei Whangara Island |