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Stewart Island Place Names …… 

Pohowaitai

Pohowaitai …..   “The Breast of Waitai” Waitai is a males name, and means seawater



 

				

			
 

				
				
				

					
Wedge Island …..   Descriptive, but appears only on Deverells map of 1888




 

				

			
 
			
 

				
				
				

				
				
				

					
Temaitemoika & Pohowaitai Island, Sails Ashore, Stewart Island


Temaitemioka & Pohowaitai islands. These two separated by a very narrow chasm


 

				

			
 
			
 

				
				
				

				
				
				

					 
            


 

				

			
 
			
 
				
				
			
 
				
				
			
 

				
				
				
				
					

				

				
				
				

				
				
				

					




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