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Kapiti Island topographic map

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Kapiti Island

The full original name for the island is Te Waewae-Kapiti-o-Tara-rāua-ko-Rangitāne, meaning "the boundary of Tara and Rangitāne" and referring to it as a place where the rohe (territories) of Ngāi Tara (now known as Muaūpoko) and Rangitāne (descendents of Whātonga) iwi adjoined each other. The word kapiti (meaning 'to be joined') is spelt without a macron, and is unrelated to the word kāpiti (cabbage). The island does not have an official name, but is recorded on topographical maps and hence in the New Zealand Gazetteer as Kapiti Island. In 2010 the Māori Language Commission acknowledged that, while the ordinary word kapiti does not have a macron, iwi of the Kāpiti region have evidence from history and local pronunciation that the place name is a variant form of āpiti, and that Kāpiti (with a macron) is correct. In the past, it was sometimes spelt Capiti Island.

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Name: Kapiti Island topographic map, elevation, terrain.

Location: Kapiti Island, Kāpiti Coast District, Wellington, New Zealand (-40.88996 174.86820 -40.82026 174.95416)

Average elevation: 55 m

Minimum elevation: 0 m

Maximum elevation: 498 m

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