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September 09, 2019 9:15am #1

Mōrena! Here at Fever HQ, we're celebrating Māori Langauge Week by unveiling our new Te Reo name for Yellow Fever: Ngā Wana Kōwhai.

The name has many potential meanings, with the main two being "The shoots of the Kōwhai Tree" or "The Yellow Shoots".
It uses the imagery of the Kōwhai tree, which are common across Aotearoa and the Pacific, and that each member of the Yellow Fever is one of the shoots from this tree. This imagery captures the connection that each person has to the Nix, while also being unique and separate.
Ngā Wana Kōwhai is also a play on words, as the word “wana” also means passionate, inspiring and exciting, while shooting is obviously a football term.
We'd like to thank Tuparahuia Pita and the rest of the team at Te Wharewaka o Pōneke for working alongside us to help us develop the translation of our name!

For more information about the terms used in Ngā Wana Kōwhai, check out the following links:

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September 09, 2019 10:14am #2

Love the meaning, perfect. Ka pai! 

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September 09, 2019 10:25am #3

Ko Aotearoa tēnei, kōrero Māori!

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September 09, 2019 11:07am #4

So cool. Aroha your mahi people.

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September 09, 2019 12:54pm #5

Also,  sometimes the nectar in kowhai flowers will ferment and the tui who feed on it end up getting drunk and rowdy

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September 09, 2019 3:22pm #6

ConanTroutman wrote:

Also,  sometimes the nectar in kowhai flowers will ferment and the tui who feed on it end up getting drunk and rowdy


So many levels! Ka mau te wehi!

 Rise up, Wellington!

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September 09, 2019 3:38pm #7

E rere ki runga rawa e te Phoenix

Oi Oi Edgecumbe... lets have a clean sheet

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September 09, 2019 4:11pm #8

Kua ura to ao te kōwhai – The kindling of kōwhai blazes

You know we belong together...

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September 09, 2019 5:16pm #9

Tenuous link but Kowhai Intermediate School, is about a two iron from Eden Park, where the Nix play twice this season.

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September 09, 2019 9:36pm #10

I went to school at Kowhai intermediate.  How tenuous is that.

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September 11, 2019 3:23am #11

Oldest Intermediate school in NZ

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