NAMING THE TORPEDO BOAT.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1848, 28 May 1885, Page 2

NAMING THE TORPEDO BOAT.

\\ £ understand that the Government have determined to adopt the suggestion marie in our columns by Eewi Mauiapoto, and to call, the torpedo boat for the defence of Auckland harbour Arai te-Uru. Kewi we may mention, is one of the hast authorities amongst the Maoris on the subject of the traditions of his race. The name is appropriate in two ways. " Arai" means a defence or screen ; "uru" meant* the west, or the atmosphere. Arai-te-Uru may be taken to mean a defence against any external enemy. Arai-te-Uru was a taniwha, or sea monster, who defended the waters of the Waitemata, now Auckland harbour. He was a familiar frienji of the Nga Iwi and Waiohua, the original inhabitants of this iathmus. Thii tribe had pas on Mount Eden, One-tree Hill, and tlio other mounts of this district, their chief place being at One-tree Hill, 1 where the great chief Kiwi held state. The district was a favourite one with the Maoris, as the volcanic soil was easily worked, and there was access to the sea for shelfish. The Nga Iwi and Waiohua had very troublesome times, bring frequently invaded, and at, length they were subdued by the Taou and Ngatiwhatua, who came from Kaipara. These tribes, knowing the importance of the taniwha, managed to make friendt with him, and thus they held the district till the Europeans came. When the taniwha departed, or where he went to, we do not know, but here'at all eventi is his successor, in the shape of the torpedo boat. : — New Zealand Herald.

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