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Regional Hub Naming

Regional Hub Naming

Below are the names for each of GirlGuiding New Zealand’s eight regional hubs:

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Regional Hub 1

Te Tai Tokerau

The area north of the Auckland Harbour Bridge; Northland

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Regional Hub 2

Tāmaki Makaurau

The wider Auckland region; Auckland

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Regional Hub 3

Tāmaki ki te Tonga

The southern Auckland region; South Auckland

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Regional Hub 4

Te Puku o te Ika

‘The Stomach of the Fish’; the region indicated on the map, the North Island the fish caught by Maui.

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Regional Hub 5

Te Tai Rāwhiti

The east coast region of the North Island; east

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Regional Hub 6

Te Tai Hauāuru

The west coast region of the North Island; west

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Regional Hub 7

Te Whanganui a Tara

The Wellington region; ‘The Great Harbour of Tara’ (a chief who visited the region in the 12th century)

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Regional Hub 8 (includes Aotearoa)

Te Waipounamu

The South Island; ‘the Waters of Greenstone’

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