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Description
Island in Lake Wānaka. Located 4.7 km north of Mou Tapu (island). Feature shown on: NZTopo50-CA12 888592; Mou Waho is translated as "Outer Island". The word "Mou" is a corruption in the Ngaitahu dialect of "Motu" the Māori word for "island" and "waho" means "far out, or farther out". Supersedes Harwich (Gazettes 1924, page 2882, 1949, page 939) Ministerial decision to assign Mou Waho.; 'Lit. mou: island; waho: outer, open water. It has also been rendered as Te Mou-a-hou: lit te: the; mou: island; a: of; Hou. Previously named Harwich Island, probably by Sir Frederick Chapman and Lord Jellicoe, after the Harwich Naval Squadron, and Manuka Island, in reference to manuka trees.The lake on the island is Arethusa Pool, q.v.; see also Paradise Lake. ' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.; [See Kā Huru Manu, Ngāi Tahu's cultural heritage atlas, for more details](http://www.kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas?find={437a36b9-3e52-e311-8212-005056970030})
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