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Description
Island in Wellington Harbour. Change from Ward Island; 'Wellington, Wellington Harbour. Kupe is believed to have named the island Mäkaro, after one of his daughters. The English name is after either John Ward, first Secretary to the New Zealand Company, or more probably Sir Henry George Ward, onetime governor of Ceylon and Madras, who was a member of the New Zealand Association of 1837. See also Matiu/Somes Island.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.