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Feature shown on: NZMS260 C43 Edition 1 1997; NZTopo50-CD07 711453; 'Fiordland National Park, near Te Anau. The original name of the lake was Moturau, lit. motu: islands; rau: many or a hundred. Manapouri itself is a corruption of Manawapore or Manawapopore, lit. manawa: heart; popore: throbbing; or Manawapouri, lit. manawa: heart; pouri: sorrowful, and should be applied to what is now known as the North Mavora Lake. The mislocation was simply a mistake by an early mapmaker. The throbbing or anxious heart was that of a traveller whose canoe was threatened by a storm on the North Mavora Lake. According to legend the tears of two sisters, Koronae and Moturau, formed the lake. Of the islands in Lake Manapouri, Rona and Pomona are Orkney names, and Buncrana is from the north of Ireland. Of the streams flowing into the lake, Awe, Garnock and Spey are Scottish. Dr John Hall-Jones states that the ancient Waitaha name for the lake was Rotoua: Rainy lake.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.
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