The Gisborne Section.

Makaraka:

Ma=short for manga, branch of a river, creek; karaka, the tree growing abundantly on the banks.

Waihirere:

Wai=water; hirere=gushing, or spurting out.

Waipaoa:

Literally, as it stands, smoky river, but correctly it is Wai-o-Paoa, Paoa's River. Heroic legend attributes the origin of the river to the ancestor Paoa.

Puha:

A war-song; also to blow, spout; a wild vegetable (sow-thistle), also called rauriki.