Editing Onehunga (section)

===Etymology===
The name ''Onehunga'' is from the [[Māori language]] and means a "beach composed of mixed sand and mud" or "alluvial soil", according to Williams's ''Dictionary of the Maori Language''.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Williams |first=Herbert W. |author-link=Herbert Williams (bishop) |title=One |dictionary=A Dictionary of the Maori Language |date=1971 |publisher=A. R. Shearer, Government Printer |location=Wellington |edition=7th}}</ref>

Claims have been made for other names and meanings. Ethnographer [[George Graham (ethnographer)|George Graham]] was told by one [[Māori people|Māori]] informant that the name was ''Ōnehunga'', with the etymology of ''ō'' (the place of) ''nehunga'' (burial), but Graham said that was later contradicted.<ref name="Graham">{{cite Q|Q58677091|page=20}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Reed |first1=A. W. |author-link1=Alexander Wyclif Reed |last2=Dowling |first2=Peter |year=2016 |title=Maori Place Names: Their Meanings and Origins |edition=4th |location=Oratia, Auckland |publisher=Oratia Books |page=75}}</ref> He said that the name was actually ''Oneunga'' (''Oneūnga'' in modern orthography), meaning ''one'' (beach or sand) ''ūnga'' (landing), in reference to canoes being drawn up there. He also said that ''Onehunga'' meant "friable" or "pulverous soil" and that this was "a very correct name".<ref>{{cite Q|Q58677089|page=4}}</ref>

The [[New Zealand Geographic Board]] approved ''Onehunga'' as the official name in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://gazetteer.linz.govt.nz/place/33688 |title=Onehunga |work=New Zealand Gazetteer |publisher=[[New Zealand Geographic Board]] |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2019-ln2814 |title=Notice of Approved Official Geographic Names |author=New Zealand Geographic Board |author-link=New Zealand Geographic Board |date=21 June 2019 |work=[[New Zealand Gazette]] |publisher=New Zealand Gazette Office |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref>