Nau Mai Town

Join Justine Murray as she takes us on a haerenga around Aotearoa to learn about Māori place names and the stories of where they came from.

Did you know the name of the resort town Wānaka is inspired by the teachings of the whare wānanga? Or that Paihia isn’t actually a te reo word but a mash-up of Māori & English? How did it come to be the name of this beautiful Northland town?

Learn all about our place names on the RNZ podcast here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/nau-mai-town