Naming Aotearoa
The history of New Zealand place names with Peter Dowling.
The etymological and cultural origins of our country's place names with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's Place Names of New Zealand: Origins and Meanings for Over 10,000 Names.
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Place names: Abel Tasman
29 Dec 2009New Zealand, Cape Maria van Diemen, Three Kings Island, Tasman Bay, Abel Tasman Park, Murderers Bay: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's dictionary of New Zealand place names. Audio
Place names: Abel Tasman -
Place names: abbreviated
10 Jan 2012Taupo, Rotorua, Lake Rotoiti, Motueka, BJ Peak, Blimit: with Peter Dowling. Audio
Place names: abbreviated -
Place names: amusing names
21 Jan 2010Nightcaps, Nonoti, Oilskin Pass, Skulkers Bay, Dismal Swamp, Manui: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio
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Place names: Auckland
Tamaki Makaurau, Auckland, Mount Eden, Manukau, Waitemata, One Tree Hill, Ponsonby, Mission Bay, Okahu Bay: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio
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Place names: Biblical
18 Jan 2010Sodom and Gomorrah, Devil's Punchbowl, Devil's Armchair, Devil's Staircase, Paradise, Paradise Flat, Purgatory, Bible Terrace, Hiruharama, Epiha, Kenana, Canaan Downs: with Peter Dowling, revising… Audio
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Place names: Captain Cook
30 Dec 2009Cape Egmont, Cape Farewell, Cook Strait, Banks Peninsula, Mount Cook, Doubtful Sound, Young Nick's Head, Cape Kidnappers, Bay of Plenty, Poverty Bay, East Cape: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of… Audio
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Place names: recent changes
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Place names: children
8 Jan 2013Peter Dowling on the links between place names and children: Children's Bay, Nga Tamariki o Hikura, Young Nick's Head, Kupe's daughters. Audio
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Place names: Christchurch
The etymological and cultural origins of the garden city's names: Bryndwr, Glandovey Road, Taylors Mistake, Murrays Mistake, Hoon Hay, New Brighton, Shirley. Audio
Place names: Christchurch -
Place names: Christmas and New Year
28 Dec 2010With Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's dictionary of New Zealand place names. Audio
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Place names: the coast
13 Jan 2012Te Tai Tamatāne, Te Tai Tamahine, Te Moana-Nu-a-Kiwa, Te Tai-o-Rehua, Te Tai Hauāuru, Te Tai Rāwhiti, Te Tai Poutini, Te Ara-a-Kiwa, Te Tai o Arai Te Uru, Raukawa Moana. Audio
Place names: the coast -
Places names: sites of controversy
4 Jan 2011Rimutaka, South Ridge on Aoraki Mount Cook: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio
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Place names: dastardly names
3 Jan 2012Blunt and downright nasty names with Peter Dowling: Mount Misery, Mount Horrible, Dark Peak, Bad Passage, Broke Adrift Passage, Useless Bay, Cape Foulwind, Ngunguru. Audio
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Place names: dual Maori/European names
20 Jan 2011Aoraki/Mt Cook, Taranaki/Mount Egmont, Whananui/Wanganui, Piopiotahi/Milford Sounds, Matiu/Somes Island, Makarora/Ward Island, Te Moeka o Tuawe/Fox Glacier: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW… Audio
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Place names: Dunedin
The Edinburgh of the south - Musselburgh, St Claire, St Kilda, Macandrew Bay: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio
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Place names: forces of nature
6 Jan 2011Falling Mountain, Marewa, Onekawa, Rangipo Desert, Te Tangi-o-Hinerau: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio
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Place names: German influence
10 Jan 2013Peter Dowling talks about the German influence on our place names: Franz Josef Glacier, Agassiz Glacier, Mount Kinkel, Liebig Range, Hochstetter, Blenheim, German Bay, Ransau, Neudorf. Audio
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Place names: Governors
13 Jan 2010Hobson, Grey, Eyre, Gore: with Peter Dowling, editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio
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Place names: Hawaiki
30 Dec 2010Titirangi, Tawhitinui, Whangara, Hikurangi: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio
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Place names: Kupe
28 Dec 2009Seatoun, Te Tūranganui-o-Kupe, Mana Island, Te Mana o Kupe ki Aotearoa, Hokianga Harbour: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's dictionary of New Zealand place names. Audio
Place names: Kupe -
Place names: marae
Peter Dowling looks at the names of marae: Taputapuatea, Tūrangawaewae. Audio
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Place names: Māori contractions
14 Jan 2010Kaikōura, Taupō, Hahei, Kaiteretere: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio
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Place names: Māori myths & legends with a love theme
4 Jan 2010Lovers Leap, Māori Leap, Morere, Omanawanui, Erangi Point, Te Waharoa Point, Waioriri Stream: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's dictionary of New Zealand place names. Audio
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Place names: deciphering te reo Māori place names
13 Jan 2011Te, Puke, Awa, Mutu, Maunga, Roto, Wai, Nui, O: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio
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Place names: murders and cannibal feasts
6 Jan 2010Umutaoroa, Murderers Point, Deadman's Creek, Dobson, Maungatapu, Murderers Rock: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio
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Place names: in the news 2011
6 Jan 2012Peter Dowling takes a look at names which have been making the news, starting with some of the suburbs in Christchurch, following the quakes: Avonside, Bexley, Dallington, New Brighton, Lyttelton… Audio
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Place names: North
19 Jan 2012Peter Dowling looks at why North comes up in so many place names: Palmerston North, Havelock North, Waimate North, Totora North. Audio
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Place names: pronunciation
7 Jan 2010Whanganui, Otago, Hanmer, Lake Alexandrina, Onamalutu, Waihola: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's dictionary of New Zealand place names. Audio
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Place names: provincial capitals
30 Dec 2011Whangarei, Napier, Masterton, Nelson, Blenheim: with Peter Dowling. Audio
Place names: provincial capitals -
Place names: the provinces
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Place names: returns
15 Jan 2013Peter Dowling with names that suggest a return: Te Hokianga-nui-o-Kupe, Ramaroa, Hokitika, Awhitu, Cape Turnagain. Audio
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Place names: royalty
20 Jan 2010Victoria, Albert, Franz Josef, Alexandra, Elizabeth, Coronation Peak, Balmoral, Sandringham: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio
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Place names: Scandinavian
Dannevirke, Norsewood, Berlins: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's dictionary of New Zealand place names. Audio
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Place names: the influence of the Scots
17 Jan 2012Glen, Ben, Burn, Inver, Inch, Strath Taieri: with Peter Dowling. Audio
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Place names: shipwrecks
17 Jan 2013Peter Dowling talks about place names that mark shipwrecks: Cutter Rock, Burnett Head, Amphlett Stream, Orpheus Island, Fifeshire Rock, Arrow Rock, Delaware Bay, Corsair Bay. Audio
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Place names: Southland
Invercargill, Gore, Bluff, Takitimu Mountains, Riverton Aparima, Raiura Stewart Islands, Bush names: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio
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Place names: superceded names
22 Jan 2010The Elbow, Hicksville, Insolvency Court: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand'. Audio
Place names: superceded names -
Place names: Turi
27 Dec 2011Place names left by the explorer Turi: Aotea, Kāwhia, Marokopa, Mōkau, Waitara, Oakura, Pātea. Audio
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Place names: von Haast
1 Jan 2010We go way down to the very bottom of the West Coast today and the trail blazed by explorer and surveryor Julius von Haast. Haast Pass, Mt D'Archiac, Mt Elie De Beaumont, D'Archiac, My Davy, Humboldt… Audio
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Place names: wars and battles
Crimea Range, Mt Sebastopol, Alma, Raglan, St Arnaud, Blenheim, Havelock, Cromwell, Bannockburn, Naseby, Twizel, Meeanee, Napier, Kirwee: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's dictionary of… Audio
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Place names: Wellington
Port Nicholson, Lambton Quay, Whanganui-a-Tara, Khandallah, Karori, Kelburn, Oriental Bay: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's dictionary of New Zealand place names. Audio
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Places named by women
11 Jan 2011Aoteaora, Mana Island, Mataketake a Kupe, Whakatane, Eureka, Mount Madonna, Alice Peak, Mount Garnier, Lake Never-never, Lake Truth: with Peter Dowling, revising editor of AW Reed's 'Place Names of… Audio
Places named by women