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The many strange names of New Zealand: From Wet Jacket Arm to Hoon Hay, what s with our oddball place names?
8 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
15 minutes to read
The name Waikikamukau ( Why kick a moo cow ) has become a running joke in New Zealand for any tiny, rural town. Photo / Herald graphic
Karolin Potter doesn t laugh as much now when she takes the slow sweep south along Lyttelton Street before crossing the Heathcote River and leaving her home suburb of Spreydon for neighbouring Hoon Hay. She used to. I m not a Christchurch native, so when we moved here we thought it was absolutely hilarious. Hoon Hay - what a name!