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Øtepoti the Maori name for Dunedin, or is it?

Well no it's not actually

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Richard Seager
Sep 02, 2022
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First of all the oldest reference to it (no macrons) was as the Maori term for Port Chalmers.

But I am wondering if it’s even Maori. You see;

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Oti is a loan word in Maori for oats*

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