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Napier (/ ˈ n eɪ p i ər / NAY-pee-ər; Māori: Ahuriri) is a city on the eastern coast of the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Hawke's Bay region.It is a beachside city with a seaport, known for its sunny climate, [3] esplanade lined with Norfolk pines, and extensive Art Deco architecture.
In response, Thomson gave prosaic Northumbrian names to them, often simply in the form of a Northumbrian dialectic name for an animal. [6] The Maniototo region around the town of Ranfurly is rife with such names as Kyeburn, Gimmerburn, Hoggetburn, and Wedderburn as a result. Ranfurly itself was originally called "Eweburn".
Pania was a beautiful maiden who lived in the sea on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. By daylight she swam about with creatures of her reef world but after sunset would go to a stream that ran into the bay where the city of Napier now exists.
Dutch map of 1657 showing western coastline of "Nova Zeelandia" No known pre-contact Māori name for New Zealand as a whole survives, although the Māori had several names for the North and South Islands, including Te Ika-a-Māui (the fish of Māui) for the North Island and Te Waipounamu (the waters of greenstone) and Te Waka o Aoraki (the canoe of Aoraki) for the South Island. [1]
Hawke's Bay is one of only two places in New Zealand with a possessive apostrophe in its name, the other being Arthur's Pass. [7] Captain Cook originally used an apostrophe in the name for the bay, but was inconsistent and wrote the name without an apostrophe a day later. Many New Zealanders spell the name without an apostrophe. [8]
Name Regions of rohe (tribal area) Waka (canoe) 2001 population [3] 2006 population [4] 2013 population [5] 2018 population [6] Ahuriri (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) Hawke's Bay: Tākitimu: n/a n/a n/a n/a Heretaunga Tamatea (grouping) Hawke's Bay: Tākitimu: n/a n/a n/a n/a Kāti Māmoe: Canterbury, Otago, Southland, West Coast, Marlborough ...
Marae name Wharenui name Iwi and hapū Location Mataweka: Nohomaiterangi: Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngāi Toroiwaho, Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti) Waipawa: Pourerere: No wharenui: Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngāi Te Ōatua, Ngāti Tamaterā) Blackhead: Pukehou Marae: Keke Haunga: Ngāti Kahungunu (Ngāti Kekehaunga, Ngāti Pukututu, Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti) Pukehou ...
Ahuriri is a suburb of the city of Napier, in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand's eastern North Island. [3] The area was a major site of Māori and European settlement, and the site of the Port of Napier until the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake. It has since been redeveloped as a mixed commercial and residential area. [4]