Editing Milford Sound (section)

==Etymology==
Milford Sound / Piopiotahi is one of roughly 90 places to have been given a [[List of dual place names in New Zealand|dual name]] as part of a 1998 [[Treaty of Waitangi]] [[Treaty of Waitangi claims and settlements|settlement]] with [[Ngāi Tahu]], recognising the significance of the fiord to both [[Māori people|Māori]] and [[Pākehā]] New Zealanders.<ref>{{cite web |title=Schedule 96, Ngāi Tahu Claims Settlement Act 1998 No 97 |url=https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1998/0097/28.0/whole.html#DLM431335 |website=New Zealand Legislation |publisher=Parliamentary Counsel Office Te Tari Tohutohu Pāremata |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-date=9 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009030524/https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1998/0097/28.0/whole.html#DLM431335 |url-status=live }}</ref> This name consists of both the Māori name and the former European name used together as a single name, instead of as interchangeable alternate names.<ref>{{cite web |title=Find a place name |url=https://www.linz.govt.nz/regulatory/place-names/find-place-name |website=linz.govt.nz |publisher=Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115062808/https://www.linz.govt.nz/regulatory/place-names/find-place-name |url-status=live }}</ref> 

In [[Māori language|te reo Māori]], the fiord is known as ''Piopiotahi'' after the now extinct [[South Island piopio|piopio]], a thrush-like bird that used to inhabit New Zealand. According to the [[Māori mythology|Māori legend]] of [[Māui (Māori mythology)|Māui]] trying to win immortality for mankind, a single piopio flew to the fiord in mourning following Māui's death. The name Piopiotahi refers to this bird, with ''tahi'' meaning 'one' in Māori.<ref>{{cite web |title=Milford Sound and Māori History – Cruise Milford |url=https://www.cruisemilfordnz.com/milford-sound-history/milford-sound-and-maori-history/ |website=Cruise Milford Sound |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-date=28 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628022716/https://www.cruisemilfordnz.com/milford-sound-history/milford-sound-and-maori-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The fiord was given its European name in 1823, when the sealer [[John Grono]] named it Milford Sound after [[Milford Haven (harbour)|Milford Haven]] in his birthplace of [[Wales]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Milford Sound History |url=https://www.milford-sound.co.nz/about/milford-sound-history/ |website=Milford Sound |language=en-NZ |access-date=24 April 2021 |archive-date=21 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521125504/https://www.milford-sound.co.nz/about/milford-sound-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Cleddau River]], which flows into the fiord, was also named for its [[River Cleddau|Welsh namesake]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Milford Sound |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/761/milford-sound |website=Te Ara |access-date=1 December 2021 |archive-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525132512/https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/761/milford-sound |url-status=live }}</ref>