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Description
A small lake on State Highway 6, approx. 6km north of Franz Josef/Waiau village. Feature shown on: NZTopo50-BW16 729003; [See Kā Huru Manu, Ngāi Tahu's cultural heritage atlas, for more details](http://www.kahurumanu.co.nz/atlas?find={2fae7588-3e52-e311-8212-005056970030}) 'West Coast, 9 km from Franz Josef Glacier/Ka Roimata o Hine. An unknown word. It may possibly be a South Island variant of Mapouriki, lit. mapou: a native tree (Myrsine australis); riki: little; or mapouriki: dusk.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.