| Name | Meaning | Name | Meaning | Name | Meaning |
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| Ahera | Maori form of Asher. | Hare | Maori form of Charles. Manly, full grown. | Powha | A chief killed at Manga kowhai, Waikato. |
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| Ahia | One of the crew of Aea Ka Huru Manu. | Haru | A South Island chief. | Punga | A son of Kaitangata. |
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| Ahuru | A common chief's name. | Hatea | A Ngati Apa chief. | Puta | A mythological person. A Taupo tohunga. |
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| Aika | A Ngai Tahu chief. | Hatoa | A chief of Ngati Apa. | Rana | Maori form of Dan. |
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| Aitua | God of misfortune. | Hemi | Maori form of James. The supplanter. | Raru | A Taranaki chief. |
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| Aketu | A Ngati Kahungunu chief. | Hori | Maori form of George. | Rera | A Mokau chief. |
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| Amako | One of the defenders of Te Namu. | Iaka | Maori form of York. | Rewha | A chief of Ngati-Maru. |
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| Amiri | The east wind. | Ingoa | A Ngati Toa Chief. | Rewi | Maori form of Dave. |
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| Anaru | Maori form of Andrew. | Io | Supreme being of the Maori, master of all the other Gods | Roake | One of the minor Gods. |
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| Anewa | To fall. | Kae | The man who killed Tinirau's pet whale. | Rongo | The God of Rain and Fertility. A chief's name widely used. |
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| Arama | Maori form of Adam. | Kahi | Maori form of Guy. A chief of Whakatohea. | Rua | Lake. |
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| Ariki | Principal chief; first-born of a family of note; priest-chief. | Kahu | Harrier Hawk. | Ruki | Maori form of Duke. |
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| Atama | Maori form of Adam. | Kauri | A chief of Ngati Awa. | Ruru | The owl. A descendant of Ihenga. |
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| Atua | God; ancestral spirit. | Kea | Mountain Parrot. | Taipo | Devil, goblin. |
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| Ekara | Eagle. | Keka | A Whanganui chief. | Tama | Son. |
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| Eru | A Ngati Manawa chief killed by Tuhoe in 1866. | Kiki | A famous wizard. | Tana | Maori form of Turner. |
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| Eti | Eldest son of Te Popoki of Wairarapa. | Maaka | Maori form of Mark; the God of War. | Tane | Maori God of the Forest. |
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| Haena | A Ngati Mutunga chief at the Chathams. | Maka | An Arawa ancestor. A South Island chief. | Tane | One of the major gods. Man. Creator of forests. |
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| Haere | A God of the rainbow. | Manu | Power. | Tatao | A chief of Rarotonga. |
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| Hakia | A chief of upper Whanganui | Maro | A man shot by Captain Cook. | Turau | A Hokianga chief. |
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| Hani | A chief of Tuhoe; a stone near Maketu; a God. | Nahi | Maori form of Nelson. | Turi | The Captain of the Aotea. |
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| Hanu | A Waikato chief killed by Ngati Tama. | Pahu | A chief of Whatu-i-apiti. | Whetu | Writer of the story of Kai-whakaruaki. A chief of Ngati-Rongo. |
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| Haoka | A Ngati Mamoe Chief. | Pango | A chief of Ngati-Whakaue. | Whiro | A God of evil and darkness. |
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| Haora | A Hauraki chief. | Poki | A chief of Ngati-Awa. | Witi | First name of the author of "The Whale Rider". |
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| Name | Meaning | Name | Meaning | Name | Meaning |
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| Airini | Irene. | Keke | A Ngati Apakura woman. | Pipi | Maori form of Phoebe. |
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| Aka | Creeper, vine, weed. | Koria | A child of the sun. | Puhi | A young woman of high birth |
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| Akona | To teach. | Kunari | Mother of Pakau wera. | Rea | Maori form of Leah |
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| Aku | A daughter of Hongi. | Kura | Maori: Treasure. Polynesian: Red. | Reka | Sweet. |
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| Amiria | Industrious; Maori form of Amelia. | Lani | Flower. | Rere | A waterfall. |
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| Ani | Maori form of Anne or Ane. | Maata | A lady; Maori form of Martha. | Roha | Rose. |
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| Aputa | Open spaces. | Makoro | A daughter of Kupe. East Coast Genealogy. | Rohu | A daughter of Te Heuheu. |
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| Areta | Maori form of Alice. | Makutu | Magic; to bewitch. | Roimata | A daughter of Mai-tara-nui |
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| Aroha | Love. | Manewa | A wife of Awa nui a rangi. | Rona | The woman in the moon. |
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| Arona | Colourful. | Marika | Quiet and careful. | Ruihi | Maori form of Lucy. |
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| Aronui | Inclination. | Marore | Te Rauparaha's first wife. | Tahuri | Mother of Kiwi of Wai-o-hua |
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| Atamarie | Sun rising. | Mere | Maori form of Mary, also a club (weapon). | Taiko | A daughter of Mawete. |
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| Emere | Maori form of Emily. | Nga | A Maori witch. | Takira | The mother of Kahukura. |
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| Haki | Ngai Tahu woman eaten by Ngati Mamoe. | Ngaio | Clever or home. The name of a native New Zealand tree. | Tarore | A daughter of Ngakuku. |
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| Hakina | A sister of Rehua. Mamaru Genealogy. | Ngaire | Silver fern; flaxen . | Taumutu | A wife of Pokopoko of Wai-o-hua. |
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| Hara | Maori form of Zara. | Omaka | The place where the stream flows. | Taupahi | A wife of Kukupa of One-mania. |
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| Heeni | Maori form of Jane. | Otaihi | A wife of Tu-Te-rangi-whiu. | Tui | Parson Bird. |
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| Hine | Girl; daughter. | Pania | The name of a beautiful woman in a myth. | Wahine | Woman or wife |
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| Huhana | Maori form of Susan. | Pianga | A daughter of Tawhaki. | Waiata | Song. |
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| Kaewa | A wife of Te Hakehe of Ngati Apa. | Pihi | A woman of Ngai-Te-Au. | Whina | Helper. |
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