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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 9:36am |
We're still in the very early stages of pregnancy... but my partner & I cant help getting excited!
I come from a Pakeha family & DP is Maori. We have been thinking about Maori names for our first bubba - BUT we would like some help/suggestions 
So far, if it's a boy, we like the names Neihana (Nathan) & Ihaia (Isaiah). The middle name will be "Te Rangiao" after DP's Koro.
For a girl, I quite like Hana (Hannah) & Raiha (Eliza).
Just wondering if anyone else out there has any ideas?
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 9:45am |
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My fav name for a boy is Ngarangi my fav girls name is Anahera.
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 10:44am |
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Hana is very pretty! Or Aroha or Ata
I really like Hemi for a boy or Henare
We started thinking about names after out first scan and had the name all sorted by the time we found out gender.
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 10:53am |
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I also love Hana for a girls name. Or Ana.
Wiremu or Anaru for a boy.
Others I like are Huikau (girl), Kaitahu (boy) and Ngatai (boy). And also Mika and Hirere (both girls)
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 11:05am |
Oooh thank you everyone! I'm loving all these suggestions. I'll start a list so people can just copy & paste, then add to it. Nic I hadn't thought of Henare - I quite like that!
DP has a few cousins called Anaru, Anahera & Ngarangi... I love the names but we want something that no one else in the whanau has used
BOYS
Neihana
Ihaia
Te Rangiao
Ngarangi
Hemi
Henare
Wiremu
Anaru
Kaitahu
Ngatai
GIRLS
Hana
Raiha
Anahera
Aroha
Ata
Ana
Huikau
Mika
Hirere
Keep 'em coming!
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 11:10am |
Ooh Wiremu! Yeah that's a good name! 
(I'm not Maori but know a few names etc)
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 11:47am |
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I have added my middle name which gets me a lot of compliments... Kimiora
BOYS
Neihana
Ihaia
Te Rangiao
Ngarangi
Hemi
Henare
Wiremu
Anaru
Kaitahu
Ngatai
GIRLS
Hana
Raiha
Anahera
Aroha
Ata
Ana
Huikau
Mika
Hirere
Kimiora
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 11:49am |
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/library/resources/nzc/fletcher/A1.shtml
These aren't just names but the thing I do appreciate about Maori names is that they are quite often names of a place or significant object. You might find something you like
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 11:50am |
Forgot to add my favourite maori girls name which is Erena. We had that pegged as a middle name if Jude was going to be a girl.
I'm not Maori either but grew up on the East Coast and went to a Kura Kaupapa, so also know a few names
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 12:17pm |
I really like Koha.
Here are a few others:
Kai
Kauri
Raniera
Hoani
Nikau
Hone
Apirana
Hinenui
Whenua
Nikora
Tamihana
Tamati
Roha (boy's version of Aroha)
Poihakena
Manuka
Renata
Marino
Marama
Tui
I'll keep thinking!
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 12:18pm |
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boy=
renata
remi___ (what ever ending you like that has more meaning)
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 12:55pm |
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I really like Tikihana - my eldest boy's middle name. My youngest's is Te Whiwhi, but that wouldn't really go with your middle name.
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 1:16pm |
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BOYS
Neihana
Ihaia
Te Rangiao
Ngarangi
Hemi
Henare
Wiremu
Anaru
Kaitahu
Ngatai
Renata
Remi
Tikihana
Te WhiWhi
Koha
Kai
Kauri
Raniera
Hoani
Apirana
Hone
Whenua
Nikora
Tamihana
Tamati
Roha (boy's version of Aroha)
Poihakena
Manuka
Renata
Marino
Marama
Tui
GIRLS
Hana
Raiha
Anahera
Aroha
Ata
Ana
Huikau
Mika
Hirere
Kimiora
Erena
Hinenui
Kama
I hope I put all the names in the right list - some of them might be unisex??
Loving the ideas so far, thanks ladies. Kimiora & Erena are BEAUTIFUL names!
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 3:13pm |
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I really like Erena too!
I just thought of another one Turanga (went to school with a guy) we all called him Tu for short.
Or Huia or a girl.
Or the Maori name for Katherine but I can't remember the spelling sorry!
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 3:42pm |
 young_mum_to_be wrote:
BOYS
Neihana
Ihaia
Te Rangiao
Ngarangi
Hemi
Henare
Wiremu
Anaru
Kaitahu
Ngatai
Renata
Remi
Tikihana
Te WhiWhi
Koha
Kai
Kauri
Raniera
Hoani
Apirana
Hone
Whenua
Nikora
Tamihana
Tamati
Roha (boy's version of Aroha)
Poihakena
Manuka
Renata
Marino
Marama
Tui
Turanga
GIRLS
Hana
Raiha
Anahera
Aroha
Ata
Ana
Huikau
Mika
Hirere
Kimiora
Erena
Hinenui
Kama
Huia
Kataraina
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Were you meaning Kataraina, Nic? I like that name too - it's another one of DP's cousin's names hah.
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 3:51pm |
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DS's middle name is Tiare (Charles) after my grandfather who passed away when I was pregnant. We also really like Meihana (Mason)
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 4:01pm |
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BOYS
Neihana
Ihaia
Te Rangiao
Ngarangi
Hemi
Henare
Wiremu
Anaru
Kaitahu
Ngatai
Renata
Remi
Tikihana
Te WhiWhi
Koha
Kai
Kauri
Raniera
Hoani
Apirana
Hone
Whenua
Nikora
Tamihana
Tamati
Roha (boy's version of Aroha)
Poihakena
Manuka
Renata
Marino
Marama
Tui
Turanga
Tiare
Meihana
GIRLS
Hana
Raiha
Anahera
Aroha
Ata
Ana
Huikau
Mika
Hirere
Kimiora
Erena
Hinenui
Kama
Kataraina
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 4:42pm |
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boys we know
te Waaiti (we call him Te wa)
te Aorangi
Parekeiha
girls
Pareraukawa
te aniwa
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Posted: 23 June 2010 at 9:57pm |
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I like Raiha (my 3 or 4 times great grandmother was Eraiha) and I love Huia.
Another name to consider is Maia.
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Posted: 24 June 2010 at 1:05am |
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What about Tia? I've always thought that was a gorgeous name too.
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