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Feature shown on: NZMS 260 U16 019288NZTopo50-BE37 918673; Alteration from Lake Tikitapu (Blue Lake). Section 71 and Schedule 4 Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Act 2006.; 'Maori name: Tikitapu, lit. tiki: greenstone neck ornament; tapu: sacred. The daughter of a high-born chief lost a treasured heirloom while swimming here. The lake still hides her tiki tapu. The intense blue of the water is caused by a high percentage of copper sulphate. It is separated from the adjacent Green Lake, q.v. by a narrow neck of land.' Source: Reed, A.W. & Peter Dowling, Place Names of New Zealand, 2010.
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