Talk:Mount Maunganui (mountain)

Moved from Mauao - Mrcurly 12:42, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

The article would benefit greatly if someone added some information about the history mentioned (The first human settlement in the 13th century, the expelling of Ngamarama people, the battle of Kokowai, and the Ngapuhi incursion into the Bay of Plenty in the early part of the 19th century). Mrcurly 13:08, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Article name

This should really be titled 'Mauao' rather than 'Mount Mauao', to be more accurate.

According to New Zealand Geographic Placenames Database [1] the official name is Mount Maunganui (both for the hill and the suburb). Nurg 04:34, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree that it should be moved to Mauao. I have never heard of it referred to as Mount Mauao, only as Mauao or Mount Maunganui, and as far as I'm aware Mauao is the favoured name for the mountain. I'm just about to move it. I'm also going to bold the text Mt Maunganui (possibly changing it to Mount Maunganui), since it is definitely an alternative name, and possible (as mentioned above) still the official name. Markdarb 09:48, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

The article Mount Maunganui says it's officially known by its Maori name Mauao, although the source cited explains how Mauao is the Maori name but does not actually say that it's currently the official name. Oh well, that can be sorted out in due time. For now I'll just move this page. Markdarb 10:00, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Because Mauao already exists (that's where this page was originally located - it's a redirect page along with a talk page with a short mention of the move) I can't move the page. An admin has to do it so I'll add it to Wikipedia:Requested moves. Markdarb 10:05, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Well, the move's requested now. However, I'm just going to list all of the pages I can think of which support, or don't support, that this article should be called Mauao:

• Mount Maunganui - it is referred to as Mauao here
• Google search for Mauao vs Google search for "Mount Mauao" OR Mt "Mauao"] - the search for Mauao has many more results, and the results at the top are from trustworthy sites, whereas most results in the second search are just from Wikipedia mirror sites (ie. they're this article)
• Mauao on Tauranga City Council Site - referred to on all the pages as Mauao, not Mount Mauao (once mentioned as Mt Maunganui)
• - listing on a database of "official New Zealand place names" - here it is listed Mount Maunganui (although not Mount Mauao), and the word Mauao is not mentioned. This indicates that Mount Maunganui is most likely still the official name, although I notice that this listing was last reviewed 19 April 2002, so it may be out of date)

So it is never referred to as Mount Mauao, although the official name is quite likely still Mount Maunganui. Since there's already a Mount Maunganui article (about the town), I think Mauao is the best name for the article. 20:33, 29 November 2006 (UTC)