Maori place names?

[martybabe]

I have recently been granted permanent residency of New Zealand, which the Bride and I are totally stoked about.
Now out of respect for our new home I thought I'd step up to the game and study all things mysterious and Kiwi. Today's lesson, as we have just bought a new house, was to find out the history of the area we have chosen to live in and the meaning of the Maori place names in the area.

Our new address is a bit of a tongue twister for us pommy types, so I asked the bride if she could find a house in the next village, as' Mimi', was easier to say. I subsequently found out that Mimi means Piss so I'm actually quite glad she told me to Fack off.

So without further ado My new address, Roughly translated,( Apologies to those that know what they're talking about), Is, Bracken fern root hill Rd, Big penis near Piss

I'm thinking, unless this is a one off and I am a really fortunate person, some Maori place names must translate into wonderful English versions, I heard rumour Of a place called Big shit, can this be true? What Places do you know that translate either appropriately or humorously, please share.

Oh and any one that can re-translate my address will get a big juicy Green bling.....

[rustyrobot]

Well, you obviously live in Urenui, near Mimi. I can't pick the street name from the description you have given though.
Not sure about big shit, but there is definitely 'the shit' (Te teko).

Now, just for some balance, here's some British place names to mull over...
* Ae
* Asick Bottom
* Backside
* Badger
* Bell End
* Beeby
* Beer
* Besses o'th' Barn
* Biggar
* Bishops Itchington
* Bitchfield
* Blubberhouses
* Bottom Head
* Bogend
* Bucklers Hard
* Bummers Hill
* Burpham
* Bush
* Buttock Point
* Buttocks Booth
* Chess
* Cock Bridge
* Cocking
* Cocklick End
* Cockpole Green
* Cockermouth
* Crackpot
* Crapstone
* Crook of Devon (Scotland)
* Currie
* Dead
* Dogdyke
* Dole
* Droop
* Duck End
* Dyke
* Fatfield
* Fattahead
* Fingringhoe
* Foul End
* Gaywood
* Goosey
* Great Fryupdale
* Great Snoring
* Ham
* Happy Bottom
* Hetton-le-Hole
* Horsey Windpump
* Hungry Law
* Kingston Bagpuize
* Land of Nod
* Lickfold
* Leatherhead
* Lickey End
* Locksbottom
* Loggerheads
* Looe
* Loose
* Lover

* Lower Slaughter
* Muff
* Muffworthy
* Nasty
* Nether Wallop
* New York
* Nobber
* No Place
* Old Wives' Lees
* Oldtown of Ord
* Once Brewed
* Outcast
* Pant
* Penistone
* Peover Superior
* Piddle
* Piddlehinton
* Piddletrenthide
* Pity Me
* Plucks Gutter
* Plush
* Pratts Bottom
* Quaking Houses
* Ramsbottom
* Rashy Height
* Ring of Kerry
* Rhodesia
* Salt
* Sandwich
* Shaggie Burn
* Sheepy Magna
* Skinners Bottom
* Slack
* Slaggyford
* Snodland
* Spital-in-the-Street
* Splatt
* Splott
* Street
* The Hard
* The O A
* Thong
* Thrashbush
* Three Cocks
* Titsey
* Titty Hill
* Toe Head
* Tongue
* Tumby Woodside
* Twatt
* Twydall
* Ugley
* Upper Dicker
* Upper Thong
* Wetwang
* Wideopen
* Willey
* Wormegay
* Wyre Piddle

[davereid]

some Maori place names must translate into wonderful English versions, I heard rumour Of a place called Big shit, can this be true?

Your "big shit" is Tutaenui. There are a few of them in NZ.

The man who cleans my septic tank has the number plate Tutae.

[rustic101]

Whykickamoocow?

[Katman]

Now, just for some balance, here's some British place names to mull over...

You missed out Dorking.

[martybabe]

Well, you obviously live in Urenui, near Mimi. I can't pick the street name from the description you have given though.
Not sure about big shit, but there is definitely 'the shit' (Te teko).

Now, just for some balance, here's some British place names to mull over...

Yes yes but to be fair, being English I would know full well that my Grandma lived in wetwang near ramsbottom But people not familiar with the language may regret the fact when they find out they've just bought a beautiful riverside cottage in a place called frequentlyflooded just down the road from deluge hill. Personally, I'm happy with big Penis, it's certainly preferable to.....

Your "big shit" is Tutaenui. There are a few of them in NZ.

The man who cleans my septic tank has the number plate Tutae.

........ Ah, there it is, thanks Dave. Any idea why the place would bear such a name? is it based on something that happened there? do I really want to know?

Whykickamoocow?

I believe yous just made that up

[rickstv]

and dont forget .... Myrighteye

[Whynot]

I believe yous just made that up

nope

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waikikamukau

[rwh]

What Places do you know that translate either appropriately or humorously, please share.

Urewera - as in the big national park that's been in the news - hot penis.

Apparently, tradition requires abstinence for warriors the night before a big fight - but nothing can stop the dreaming. And once, someone was sleeping too close to the remains of the fire ...

Richard

[98tls]

Urewera - as in the big national park that's been in the news - hot penis.

Apparently, tradition requires abstinence for warriors the night before a big fight - but nothing can stop the dreaming. And once, someone was sleeping too close to the remains of the fire ...

Richard

Possibly why so many of em prefer to be locked up.

[martybabe]

nope

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waikikamukau

I stand corrected

Urewera - as in the big national park that's been in the news - hot penis.

Apparently, tradition requires abstinence for warriors the night before a big fight - but nothing can stop the dreaming. And once, someone was sleeping too close to the remains of the fire ...

Richard

Excellent stuff, history as well, good job. So if these places are named for a reason such as yours, what on earth lies behind big shit

[Whynot]

what on earth lies behind big shit

I think thats pretty obvious ....

[Berries]

You missed out Dorking.

That's not a town, it's a sex act. Like Taieri Mouth.

[Maha]

Maungatewopwop?.....na hang on, thats Mountian The Italian.

[Mudfart]

waipu? pronounced why-poo. puhoi pronounced poo-hoy. get the pattern?. lots of poo here.