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Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu

Hill near Pōrangahau, New Zealand

Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu

Hill near Pōrangahau, New Zealand

FieldValue
name
native_name_langmi
other_name
translationThe summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his kōauau (flute) to his loved one.
languageMāori
photoFile:New Zealand 0577.jpg
photo_captionSign on Wimbledon Road, Pōrangahau, displaying the 85-character name. The summit of the hill is at centre in the far distance.
elevation_m305
locationNear Pōrangahau, Hawke's Bay
countryNew Zealand
coordinates

**** is a hill near Pōrangahau, south of Waipukurau, in southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. The summit of the hill is 305 m above sea level. The hill is notable primarily for its unusually long name, which is of Māori origin; it is often shortened to Taumata for brevity. With a name that is 85 characters long, it has gained a measure of fame for having the longest place name found in any English-speaking country, and possibly the longest place name in the world, according to World Atlas and Guinness World Records. Other versions of the name, including longer ones, are also sometimes used.

Name

The name ** translates roughly as "the summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the slider, climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his kōauau (flute) to his loved one".

Other versions

An older sign for the hill in 2013

The name has multiple alternative forms, some of them being longer still. {{shy|Taumata|whakatangi|hanga|koauau|o|tamatea|ure|haea|turi|pukaka|piki|maunga|horo|nuku|pokai|whenua|ki|tana|tahu}} has 92 letters. An even longer version, Taumata-whakatangihanga-koauau-o-Tamatea-hau-mai-tawhiti-ure-haea-turi-pukaka-piki-maunga-horo-nuku-pokai-whenua-ki-tana-tahu, has 105 letters and means "the hill of the flute playing by Tamatea – who was blown hither from afar, had a slit penis, grazed his knees climbing mountains, fell on the earth, and encircled the land – to his beloved one".

Maps from 1929 published by the New Zealand Department of Lands and Survey use a 28-character name, {{shy|Taumata|whakatangihanga|koauau}}. In 1941, the Honorary Geographic Board of New Zealand renamed the hill to a 57-character name {{shy|Taumata|whakatangihanga|koauau|o|tamatea|pokai|whenua|ki|tana|tahu}}, which has been an official name since 1948, and first appeared in a 1955 map. The New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database, maintained by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), shows the official name, with macrons, as {{shy|Taumata|whakatangihanga|kōauau|o|tamatea|pōkai|whenua|ki|tāna|tahu}}.

Tamatea Urehaea

Main article: Tamatea Urehaea

| New Zealand

(Tamatea, the explorer of the land) was the father of , ancestor of the tribe (iwi). Mention of 's explorations of the land occur not only in legends, but also in the traditions of iwi from Northland, where he is said to have explored the Hokianga and Kaipara harbours.

In traditions from the Bay of Plenty Region, he left a son, , who is the ancestor of of Tauranga. Legends from the East Coast of the North Island tell of his explorations in , , , , and . He travelled via the River, over the saddle via to Lake Taupō. The Ōtamatea River is named after him. is also the name of a suburb of Napier.

Early South Island legends say that sailed down the east coast. His canoe was wrecked in the far south, and transformed into the mountain range. then returned to the North Island, and travelled via the Whanganui River.

Notes

References

References

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  2. (9 January 2019). "The world's longest place name". World Atlas.
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  5. (1929). "HB41: Porangahau Survey District". NZ Lands and Survey.
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  7. Lands and Survey Department. (1955). "Porangahau".
  8. {{LINZ. 5847. {{shy. Taumata. whakatangihanga. kōauau. o. tamatea. pōkai. whenua. ki. tāna. tahu. 8 August 2019
  9. Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal. (21 September 2007). "Papatūānuku – the land".
  10. Taonui, Rāwiri. (21 September 2007). "Ngā waewae tapu – Māori exploration".
  11. [http://folksong.org.nz/petrcape.html New Zealand Folk Song: Peter Cape] {{Webarchive. link. (9 February 2021 According to this source, Cape calls it "Taumata".)
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