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Comprised of Marotere Islands and Taranga Island. Name shown on: NZMS 303, sheet 2, 1992-2000; NZTopo50-AX31, 2009, 2015; Reed's 'Place Names of New Zealand' (2010:162) records [abridged]: Hen and Chickens Islands were named by Capt. James Cook on 25 November 1769. James Cowan has surmised that 'no doubt he had in mind the old North-Country name for the Pleiades Constellation'. Māori name: Nga-poitu-o-te-kupenga-a-Taramainuku, lit. the floats of Taramainuku's net. See [history relating to Cook's place names](https://earth.google.com/web/data=Mj8KPQo7CiExMjJfZ1puZmJFV2hFRFlvSFVNVG5YU05CRWZTYTBfSWoSFgoUMDQwRTg2NTQxQjEwMEQxQzY3NUY); 'Imaginatively named by Captain James Cook on 25 November 1769: ‘This Bay [Bream Bay] may likewise be known by some Small Islands lying before it called the Hen and Chickens, one of which is pretty high and terminates at Top in 2 peaks.’ James Cowan has surmised that ‘no doubt he had in his mind … the old North-Country name for the Pleiades Constellation’. Maori name: Nga-poitu-o-te-kupenga-a-Taramainuku: lit. the floats of Taramainuku’s net. The Hen is Te Hinekaweka-a-Taranga: lit. the tall maiden wife of Taranga. It is also known just as Taranga. The second largest island is Marotiri: lit. the floating apron or kilt. The middle Chicken is Whakahau. A smaller island was named many years later Coppermine Island, because of a large deposit of copper found on it. The other islands are Mauitawa (West Chicken), Lady Alice and Whatupuke. See also Hauraki Gulf.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.
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