Rakiura/Stewart Island Place Names

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Present day name

The story of the Island comes to life in place names. There are far too many to include them all here, but we hope to have some of the more interesting. The material comes from a variety of sources, some official, some from Maori and some commonly used local names. Where a place has (or has had) several names we will start with the Maori name, followed by successive names up to the present.
The very brief explanation for each name will follow in brackets () Where we think more is better.... follow the link ".......More....."

For further reading follow this link where you will find a short list of Island focused histories

We welcome suggestions, brick bats and roses, as we don't claim to be an authority by any means.