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RNZ Know My Town Timaru

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/nau-mai-town/story/2018889375/nau-mai-town-episode-9-timaru

  • The town's name has variations: Te Maru, preferred by the local iwi Kati Huirapa, and Te Tihi o Maru, briefly used in TV weather reports.
  • "Timaru" translates to "sheltered cabbage tree" or "place of shelter" in English, while "Te Tihi o Maru" translates to "peak of Maru," associated with a local ancestor or the Māori god Tangaroa.
  • Research on the true meanings and origins of these names is limited.
  • Philip Howe, the Museum Director at South Canterbury Museum, notes that Māori place names often have inprecise meanings due to their age and the region's history of changing inhabitants.
  • European settlers sometimes misunderstood and recorded Māori names according to their own dialects and interpretations.

 

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