Arapito

Arapito

Promised Land
Arapito Promised Land
Town
	Arapito
	Coordinates: 41°16′S 172°10′E / 41.267°S 172.167°E
Country	New Zealand
Region	West Coast
District	Buller District
Electorates	West Coast-Tasman; Te Tai Tonga

Arapito is a town in the Karamea area of New Zealand. Arapito is a farming community on the south side of the Karamea River, and upriver from the main Karamea township.^[1]

The settlement was originally named Promised Land; it was changed to Arapito (Māori: 'End of the path')^[2] in 1908 when a post office was established in the town. The area was originally a Māori hunting trail, hence the name.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Reed, A. W. (2002). The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. Auckland: Reed Books. ISBN 0-7900-0761-4.
^ "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.

Coordinates: 41°16′S 172°10′E / 41.267°S 172.167°E / -41.267; 172.167

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[reed-1] Reed, A. W. (2002). The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Place Names. Auckland: Reed Books. ISBN 0-7900-0761-4.

[2] "1000 Māori place names". New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 6 August 2019.

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