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- Te_Waipounamu comment "Te Waipounamu is the official Māori name for New Zealand's South Island which is also sometimes referred to as Te Waka a Māui (The canoe of Maui), from mythology.Ngāi Tahu, the principal Māori iwi (tribe) of the southern region of New Zealand, utilised the very hard greenstone (jade) to make adzes and other implements, as well as ornaments. Particularly valued was a paler nephrite which the Māori called inanga, gathered in a remote area near what is now called the Dart Valley.".