Talk:Waikanae

The article Waikanae Park was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 21 January 2025 with a consensus to merge the content into Waikanae. If you find that such action has not been taken promptly, please consider assisting in the merger instead of re-nominating the article for deletion. To discuss the merger, please use this talk page.

Do not remove this template after completing the merger. A bot will replace it with {{afd-merged-from}}.

New Zealand High‑importance

	New Zealand portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject New Zealand, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of New Zealand and New Zealand-related topics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.New ZealandWikipedia:WikiProject New ZealandTemplate:WikiProject New ZealandNew Zealand
High	This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale.

Cities

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Cities, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of cities, towns and various other settlements on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CitiesWikipedia:WikiProject CitiesTemplate:WikiProject CitiesWikiProject Cities

Mullet

"The glistening of the mullet"? I thought that would have been West Auckland! ;) Grutness

Yeah I’ve been told otherwise that it is "The waters of the yellow eyed mullet" which I’ve updated but I’m a bit unsure as there seems multiple meanings on the net.. For instance quoted here: http://www.enterprisecoastnz.com/our_region/history/maori_legends/ - it is said to mean "Waters that stare wildly". But "wai" does mean water and "kanae" literally means mullet. AntiBodies

According to maoridictionary.co.nz, 'kanae' is the grey mullet, Mugil cephalus.-gadfium 03:24, 31 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]