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Te Wai Pounamu is the Maori
Maori

The Maori are the indigenous people Polynesian people of Aotearoa . The group probably arrived in south-western Polynesia in several waves at some time before 1300....
 name for New Zealand's South Island
South Island

The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
 which is also sometimes referred to as Te Waka a Maui
Te Waka a Maui

Te Waka a Maui is the Maori name for the South Island, New Zealand. Maori folk law says that it was the canoe which Maui stood on as he hauled up Te Ika-a-Maui ....
 (The canoe of Maui), referring to mythology
Maui (Maori mythology)

In Maori mythology, Maui is a culture hero famous for his exploits and his trickery....
.

Ngai Tahu
Ngai Tahu

Ngai Tahu, or Kai Tahu, is the principal Maori iwi of the southern region of New Zealand, with the tribal authority, Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, being based in Christchurch, New Zealand and Invercargill....
, the principal Maori iwi
Iwi

In New Zealand society, iwi form the largest everyday social units in Maori Culture of the Maori. The word iwi means "people" or "folk"; in many contexts it may mean "tribe" or "clan", and sometimes a larger grouping of tribes....
 (tribe) of the southern region of New Zealand, utilised the very hard greenstone (jade) to make adzes and other implements, as well as ornaments. Particularly valued was a paler nephrite
Nephrite

Nephrite is a variety of the calcium and magnesium-rich amphibole mineral actinolite . The chemical formula for nephrite is calcium25silicon8oxygen222....
 which the Maori called inanga, gathered in a remote area near what is now called the Dart Valley.






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Te Wai Pounamu is the Maori
Maori

The Maori are the indigenous people Polynesian people of Aotearoa . The group probably arrived in south-western Polynesia in several waves at some time before 1300....
 name for New Zealand's South Island
South Island

The South Island is the larger of the two major Islands of New Zealand of New Zealand, the other being the more populous North Island. The Maori name for the South Island, Te Wai Pounamu, meaning "The Water/s of Greenstone" , possibly evolved from Te Wahi Pounamu which means "The Place Of Greenstone"....
 which is also sometimes referred to as Te Waka a Maui
Te Waka a Maui

Te Waka a Maui is the Maori name for the South Island, New Zealand. Maori folk law says that it was the canoe which Maui stood on as he hauled up Te Ika-a-Maui ....
 (The canoe of Maui), referring to mythology
Maui (Maori mythology)

In Maori mythology, Maui is a culture hero famous for his exploits and his trickery....
.

Ngai Tahu
Ngai Tahu

Ngai Tahu, or Kai Tahu, is the principal Maori iwi of the southern region of New Zealand, with the tribal authority, Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu, being based in Christchurch, New Zealand and Invercargill....
, the principal Maori iwi
Iwi

In New Zealand society, iwi form the largest everyday social units in Maori Culture of the Maori. The word iwi means "people" or "folk"; in many contexts it may mean "tribe" or "clan", and sometimes a larger grouping of tribes....
 (tribe) of the southern region of New Zealand, utilised the very hard greenstone (jade) to make adzes and other implements, as well as ornaments. Particularly valued was a paler nephrite
Nephrite

Nephrite is a variety of the calcium and magnesium-rich amphibole mineral actinolite . The chemical formula for nephrite is calcium25silicon8oxygen222....
 which the Maori called inanga, gathered in a remote area near what is now called the Dart Valley. Maori named the district wahi pounamu, meaning "place of greenstone", and the South Island came to be called Te Wahi Pounamu. This somehow evolved into Te Wai Pounamu which means "the water(s) of greenstone" but bears no relation to the original meaning.