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Māori named the district wāhi pounamu, meaning "place of greenstone", and the South Island came to be called Te Wāhi Pounamu. This somehow evolved into Te Wai Pounamu which means "the water(s) of greenstone" but bears no relation to the original meaning.
Te Kauwhata College. Te Kauwhata Primary School is a co-educational state primary school for Year 1 to 6 students, [16] [17] with a roll of 334 as of August 2024. [18] [19] Te Kauwhata College is a co-educational state secondary school for Year 7 to 13 students, [20] [21] with a roll of 456. [22] The town also has three early childhood ...
Ngāti Kauwhata is a Māori iwi (tribe) located in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The iwi has ancestral ties to Tainui Waka and Maungatautari . The iwi has two main marae , Kauwhata Marae (Kai Iwi Pā) [ 1 ] & Aorangi Marae. [ 2 ]
The Māori word pounamu is derived from namu, an archaic word that describes blue-green (or 'grue') cognate with Tahitian ninamu. [2] Pounamu, also used in New Zealand English, in itself refers to two main types of green stone valued for carving: nephrite jade, classified by Māori as kawakawa, kahurangi, īnanga, and other names depending on colour; and translucent bowenite, a type of ...
At the 2006 census, the district had a population of 43,959. Of these, 6834 lived in Huntly, 5106 in Ngāruawāhia, 2637 in Raglan, and 1294 in Te Kauwhata. In 2010, the district acquired part of the adjacent Franklin District, which was dissolved as part of the creation of the Auckland Council, increasing the area to 4,405 km 2 (1,701 sq mi).
Pounamu is esteemed highly by Māori for its beauty, toughness and great hardness; it is used not only for ornaments such as hei-tiki and ear pendants, but also for carving tools, adzes and weapons. Named varieties include translucent green kahurangi , whitish inanga , semi-transparent kawakawa , and tangiwai or bowenite.
A main attraction to Te Wahipounamu, and New Zealand in general, is the natural landscape. A study found that key motivating factors for visitors to Te Wahipounamu are the scenery and recreational activities. [7] Tourism within Te Wahipounamu is nature-based, ‘green’ tourism. [8] There is a combination of nature and adventure tourism.
Kauwhata is a rural locality and a statistical area in Manawatū District, in the Manawatū-Whanganui region in New Zealand's central North Island. The locality is named after a Māori chief who originally owned the land.