Everything about Te Wai Pounamu totally explained
Te Wai Pounamu is the
Māori name for New Zealand's
South Island which is also sometimes referred to as
Te Waka a Maui (The canoe of Maui), referring to
mythology.
Ngāi Tahu, the principal Māori
iwi (tribe) of the southern region of New Zealand, utilised the very hard
greenstone (jade) to make adzes and other implements, as well as ornaments. Particularly valued was a paler
nephrite which the Māori called
inanga, gathered in a remote area near what is now called the Dart Valley. 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.
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