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Feature shown on: NZMS260 U11 U12 U13; NZTopo50-BC37 877685; 'Bay of Plenty. ‘This Island I have called the Mayor,’ wrote Captain Cook on 3 November 1769, ‘and a Cluster of small Islands and Rocks . . . we named the Court of Aldermen.’ The election of the Lord Mayor of London on 9 November may have put the thought into Cook’s mind, and it appears from Joseph Banks’ record that the officers jokingly ascribed names to each of the Aldermen. Maori name given by Toi during a visit after leaving Aotea (Great Barrier Island) and before taking up residence at Whakatane. He named it after the island of Tuhua (Meetia) in Hawaiki. Maori name for the Aldermen Islands is Ruamahua, lit. thrust up from the depths. Maori name: Tuhua, lit. obsidian.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010. See [history relating to Cook's place names](https://earth.google.com/web/data=Mj8KPQo7CiExMjJfZ1puZmJFV2hFRFlvSFVNVG5YU05CRWZTYTBfSWoSFgoUMDhCNDZFQkZCQjEwMDk4NzIxQzE)
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