Aorangi or Mount Cook I should like to leave this area for a moment to go across to Aorangi, or Mt Cook. I have often heard over our radio station that this was called by the Maoris the ‘cloud-piercer’, but my grandmother told me that in this case the word is of ancient Arai-te-uru origin. When the canoe Arai-te-uru was off the east coast of the South Island she struck a rock near Shag Point (many people say that this rock is the prow of the canoe). Now the ariki of this canoe was named Kirikiri Katata. As the canoe was sinking he swam ashore with his mokopuna (grandson) Aorangi. When they reached the shore the old chief had his grandson on his shoulders. They waited for the rest of the party to come ashore, and as they approached their chief the boy cried out, ‘See, I am the highest person in this land!’
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Te Ao Hou, September 1965, Page 51
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154Aorangi or Mount Cook Te Ao Hou, September 1965, Page 51
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