 Early Māori explorers such as Kupe, Ngahue, and Toi named many of New Zealand's coastal features.Like later European explorers, they named things after themselves, their family members and events that occurred at the newly-discovered locations.Kahumatamomoe named Manukau Harbour after a manuka stake that he used to claim ownership of the area, and Kaipara Harbour after the para fern he ate there ("kai" means food).