Bulli Point
Bulli Point
Te Pōporo (Māori) | |
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Headland | |
 Looking down into Lake Taupō from Bulli Point | |
| Location | Lake Taupō, New Zealand |
| Native name | Te Pōporo (Māori) |
Bulli Point (Māori: Te Pōporo, officially gazetted as Te Pōporo / Bulli Point) is a point on Lake Taupō, in the central North Island of New Zealand. The point is a popular spot for rock jumping.[1][2]
Location[edit]
Bulli Point sits in Motutere Bay on the eastern side of Lake Taupō. It lies close to State Highway 1, less than one kilometre east of Motutere.
Naming[edit]
The name Te Pōporo is a Te Reo Māori name taken from the pā that once stood on the hill above the point.[3] It was one of several important pā located between Motutere and Hatepe. The pā may have been named after Pōporo, a Māori name for Solanum aviculare and Solanum laciniatum, a local shrub with white to blue-purple flowers, and yellow to orange fruit,[4] sometimes called bullibulli.[5] A point on the western side of the lake, Te Poroporo Point,[6] also contains a word for the same shrub, Poroporo.[7]
The origin of the name Bulli Point is unclear. Toitū Te Whenua's New Zealand Gazetteer suggests it may be a contraction of Bull Island Point, as this is what it was recorded as on NZMS 3 N102-6 Te Rangiiti.[8]
In popular culture[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Scenic route: Rock jumping at Bulli Point". Stuff. 29 June 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ "CULTURAL PROTOCOLS FOR LAKE TAUPŌ Kawa Tikanga o Taupō Moana" (PDF). Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ Hoeta Te Hata (translated by H. J. Fletcher) (1916). "Ngati-Tuharetoa occupation of Taupo-nui-a-tia". Journal of the Polynesian Society. 25 (99): 104–116.
- ^ "Pōporo". Te Aka Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "NZPCN Solanum laciniatum". www.nzpcn.org.nz. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Te Poroporo Point". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Poroporo". Te Aka Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ "Te Poporo / Bulli Point". gazetteer.linz.govt.nz. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
- ^ "'I'm beginning a journey': The inside story of Lorde's surprise mini-album in te reo Māori". thespinoff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
38°52′57″S 175°58′01″E / 38.8824°S 175.9669°E
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