Special places in Aotearoa New Zealand to me. by Ju Young Ko https://padlet.com/smy141516/w5oykv97hua15g9d Share your information about your places that are special to you. You must include the name of the place, meaning of the name/where the name originated from, a brief explanation about its special features en-us 2022-08-17 22:32:11 UTC 2022-08-19 03:03:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Akaroa smy141516 https://padlet.com/smy141516/w5oykv97hua15g9d/wish/2263747286 Akaroa:

Akaroa is in South Island, its Māori meaning is “long harbour” which also originates from ‘Whangaroa’. 
]]> 2022-08-17 22:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/smy141516/w5oykv97hua15g9d/wish/2263747286 Akaroa smy141516 https://padlet.com/smy141516/w5oykv97hua15g9d/wish/2263747484 Akaroa was founded in August 1840 by French settlers. It has been suggested that French interest in New Zealand speeded up Britain’s decision to annex New Zealand. By the time French settlers arrived, the Treaty of Waitangi between the British Crown and Māori chiefs had been signed. 

There still remains little to show Akaroa’s origin as a French settlement, for example, some street names retaining the French word ‘rue’ meaning ‘street’ in English.
]]> 2022-08-17 22:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/smy141516/w5oykv97hua15g9d/wish/2263747484 Christchurch / Ōtautahi smy141516 https://padlet.com/smy141516/w5oykv97hua15g9d/wish/2263748079
A company sponsored by the Church of England founded the planned settlement of Christchurch in 1850. Its picturesque Gothic-revival architecture and early demographic composition earned Christchurch a reputation as the most English of New Zealand’s cities.

The Māori name for Christchurch is Otautahi, derived from a Ngāi Tahu Chief Tautahi from Koukourarata (Port Levy). He built his settlement on the banks of the Otakaro (Avon) river in the vicinity of the Avon loop, serving as a centre for political and economic activity.
]]> 2022-08-17 22:42:54 UTC https://padlet.com/smy141516/w5oykv97hua15g9d/wish/2263748079 Kaikoura smy141516 https://padlet.com/smy141516/w5oykv97hua15g9d/wish/2263748333 Literally, the name Kaikoura means “to eat crayfish”. It is said that the full name is Te Ahi-kai-koura-a-Tamatea-pokai-whenua meaning “the fire which Tamatea-pokai-whenua made to cook crayfish”. The legendary traveller stayed at Kaikoura Peninsula to cook crayfish during a journey.

Kaikoura is a well known tourist attraction for people to enjoy kaimoana (seafood).



]]> 2022-08-17 22:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/smy141516/w5oykv97hua15g9d/wish/2263748333 Whangamōmona https://padlet.com/smy141516/w5oykv97hua15g9d/wish/2265067588 Rural settlement 65 km north-east of Stratford on State Highway 43, with a 2013 district population of 150. Sections became available at Whangamōmona in 1897–98. A boarding house and a general store were established, and a post office and other services followed. The present hotel is a 1911 replacement of the original, which burned down in 1905.

Locals half-jokingly declared Whangamōmona a republic when the local government reforms of 1989 made the town part of Manawatū–Wanganui rather than Taranaki. The biennial republic day draws thousands of visitors from all over the North Island. The hotel is now a popular weekend stopover.]]> 2022-08-19 02:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/smy141516/w5oykv97hua15g9d/wish/2265067588 Whanganui https://padlet.com/smy141516/w5oykv97hua15g9d/wish/2265088240 Missionaries Henry Williams and Octavius Hadfield gathered signatures to the Treaty of Waitangi at Pūtiki in May 1840. In June an Anglican mission station was established at the locality. The first missioner, John Mason, and his successor from 1843, Richard Taylor, both travelled widely. Taylor went as far as inland Pātea, in the northern Rangitīkei valley.]]> 2022-08-19 03:02:53 UTC https://padlet.com/smy141516/w5oykv97hua15g9d/wish/2265088240