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Description
A moana (collection of connected waterways) east of Remutaka Range, extending from near Featherston in the north to Palliser Bay in the south. The moana consists of Lake Wairarapa, Lake Ōnoke and part of Ruamahanga River, which joins the two lakes. NZTopo50-BQ33 827267.; Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa Tāmaki nui-a-Rua statement: Wairarapa Moana comprises Lake Wairarapa and Lake Ōnoke as well as the Narrows ie the Ruamahanga River connecting the two lakes. All three names are highly significant to Ngati Kahungunu.’; 'Wairarapa Moana is the traditional name for Lake Wairarapa. The early rangatira Haunui-a-Nanaia named the lake Wai: water; rarapa: glistening eyes; not only of the beauty of the lake, but of the glistening of his eyes on finding his wife Wairaka (or Hinerakahanga). Different accounts ascribe the naming to Tara, or to Kupe, whose daughter suggested, ‘Me waiho tō moana ko te rarapatanga o ou whatu’: ‘Let us remain here at this lake you have descried, your anchor stone’. Kupe replied, ‘E pai ana. Me waiho ko Wairarapa’: ‘Good. Let it remain Wairarapa’.' Source: Dowling, Peter & A.W. Reed, New Zealand Place Names, 2025.
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