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Locals call it Taumata Hill, but this hill in the Hawke's Bay region actually holds the record for being the longest place name in New Zealand and the world ! The full name is : Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
It translates into English as "the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as 'landeater’, played his flute to his loved one." Tamatea was a local warrior and chief.
