Editing Taumarunui (section)

==Name==
The name ''Taumarunui'' is reported to be the dying words of the [[Māori people|Māori]] chief [[Te Peehi Turoa]] – ''taumaru'' meaning screen and ''nui'' big, literally translated as Big Screen,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/maori-language-week/1000-maori-place-names|title=1000 Māori place names|publisher=New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage|date=6 August 2019}}</ref> being built to shelter him from the sun, or more commonly known to mean – "The place of big shelter".  There are also references to Taumarunui being known as a large sheltered location for growing [[Sweet potato #Oceania|kūmara]].

In the 1980s publication ''Roll Back the Years'' there are some details on how Taumarunui got its name.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.rollbacktheyears.co.nz/samples/vol1.pdf|page=9 |title=How Taumarunui got its name |access-date=15 March 2009 |publisher=Roll Back the Years}}</ref> Extract: "According to Frank T Brown, who wrote in the ''Taumarunui Press'' in 1926, the name Taumarunui is closely connected with the arrival of and conquering of that portion of the King Country by the Whanganui River natives during the 18th century . . . The war party that succeeded in capturing the principal pa and taking prisoner the chief of the district was headed by 'Ki Maru'. His warriors, to show their appreciation of his prowess and the honour of the victory, acclaimed him 'Tau-maru-nui', which means 'Maru the Great', or 'Maru the Conqueror', that name was taken for the district and has been used ever since."