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The harbour area bounded by a line between Pencarrow Head to Petone foreshore, was officially named Port Nicholson until it assumed its current dual name in 1984.

Toponymy

The earliest known Maori name for the area, Te Upoko-o-te-Ika-a-Maui, is derived from Maori legend and translates literally as "the head of Maui's fish". According to Maori legend, a giant fish

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