The Māori name for Sutherland Falls – Te Tau-tea ka tu – is recorded in an oral map of the region. Photo: David Ruddock

When maps were songs

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Before digital or paper maps, Māori used oral maps to navigate. If you’re thinking of doing a Great Walk in Te Waipounamu, you can find Māori place names, their history and stories thanks to Kā Huru Manu, Ngāi Tahu’s online atlas. By Nic Low

It’s hard to get lost on the Milford Track, but you’ll still want to take a map. There’s the trusty Topo50 CB08 Homer Tunnel paper map. Or you could take a digital map on your GPS or phone. Or, how about… a song?  In the 1920s and 30s, Pākehā historian and ethnographer James Herries Beattie […]
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