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Feature shown on: NZMS260 W18 Edition 1 1990 Limited Revision 1996; NZTopo50-BG40 542009; 'Waikaremoana, Lake: Lit. wai: water; kare: to dash; moana: sea, or large lake. The term ‘Lake’ is, strictly speaking, redundant. The usual translation, Sea of rippling waters, is widely accepted, but in fact the torrent that drains the lake is Waikaretaheke (dashing cataract). After the exasperated Mahu turned his daughter Haumapuhia into a taniwha, she formed the lake and forced her way out, so disturbing the water in her passage that it became known as Sea of dashing waters. The islands in the lake were Te Whanau-a-Mahu, the children of Mahu.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.
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