Talk:Wainuiomata

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Wow i cant belive Wainuiomata is on here - yes it is and now all we need is people to expand this topic —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajgio (talk • contribs) 07:54, 3 September 2007 (UTC) )[reply]

I am reasonably sure parts of Without a paddle http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364751/ were filmed in Wainuiomata (up Moores valley road). Also worth mentioning is the mountain bike park, including the motor cycle park also the bmx track.

the partial tunnel that was build around 1912? is probably worth mentioning too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 14.1.85.229 (talk) 09:16, 14 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Presumably your mention of a tunnel is a reference to the planned road tunnel that was started in 1932? As there is already an article for this, a brief mention in this (Wainuiomata) article would suffice. — Matthew25187 (talk) 11:45, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Wai Mata[edit]

A correct translation for wai is 'fresh water', not 'water'. Paradoxaly, because tears are somewhat salted, wai CAN be used for tears cf. marquesan : vaimata but the common word is roimata (also in tahitian, cook island maori). In one of the explanation, it is implied that 'mata' means face, which is true, but more frequently 'eye(s)'. Conclusion, if it were about the tears, it would be roimata, or waimata. Wainuiomata is more probably about the river OF someone called Mata or about eyes in the river, gasp. stefjourdan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.47.106.146 (talk) 01:30, 16 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Interesting take, but tears is given in the dictionary as a translation of ‘wai’ and also the word doesn’t necessarily mean fresh water, but any liquid or even juice. See [Māori Dictionary] Piwaiwaka (talk) 23:48, 13 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]