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Feature shown on: NZMS260 N29 Edition 1 1984 Limited Revision 1996; Infomap 346-02 Te Wai Pounamu Edition 1 1995; NZTopo50-BS24 866699; 'Nelson Lakes National Park, 64 km from Nelson. Lit. roto: lake; iti: small. The name was first written Rotu Iti. The first European here was John Sylvanus Cotterell on 18 January 1843. It was also called Lake Arthur by Charles Heaphy in November 1843, after Captain Arthur Wakefield, but the Maori name was preferred.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.