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There was once a man called Rau tau. He was involved in a war between his men of the Hauraki Gulf and the Waiohua people of Tamaki. He had a big canoe with a plume of feathers at the back. He named his canoe Puhinui because Puhinui means plume of feathers. But he only had a few men with him so the canoe was hard to navigate. So one night he hid the canoe in a creek. Then the creek was called Puhinui Creek. There is a house in the Howick Historic Village named Puhinui. It used to be the farmhouse in Puhinui. Puhinui Road used to be just a rough, metal road in those days. There were paddocks around the school and no factories. By Rhiannon |
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Papatoetoe is called Papatoetoe because Papa means flat ground and toetoe refers to the plant the toitoi bush. There were lots of toitoi bush growing here way back in the old days. Before the land was cut up, a lot of the land was swampy. A lot of Papatoetoe was used for farms and houses. It used to be called Papatoitoi sometimes but now the people think its Papatoetoe. Papatoetoe is one of the oldest parts in Manukau. By Katya |
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Manukau used to be a very swampy area and the Manukau Harbour was important to the people of this area because it was a good source of food. 100 years ago the soil was very furtile and good for growing things in it for farmers and 50 years later it is still fresh and being farmed in some parts. Also 100 years ago Manukau was mainly just mud flats and around about that time, neighbouring tribes were fighting and a man from one tribe saw shapes on the bank and allerted the tribe ready for battle. When the whole tribe was out, the chief saw that it was only birds and so he named the land Manukau with means "just birds". Manukau's newest land mark is the Millenium sculpture which was designed by Richard Shortland Cooper and its Maori name is He Taonga Hiranga Whakanui Whanau (a gift to portray the importance of family). You can see the sculpture that is 20 metres tall at the intersection of Great South and Wiri Station Roads by the Manukau City Shopping Centre. By Jasmin |
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Maori people first settled in Auckland 650 years ago. The Maori people came to Auckland because of its rich, fertile land. The Maori first named Auckland Tamaki which means battle because there were lots of battles in Auckland at that time. The volcanic cones which are all around Auckland became Maori settlements. When the Europeans came, the Europeans gave blankets and food for exchange of land. The capital of New Zealand used to be Auckland until it was later passed over to Wellington. By Joshua |
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