"In the place names of a country large parts of its history are embalmed
... The names persist longer than the beings who gave them." --J.C.
Andersen
Place names have great linguistic and cultural significance, vivifying
the landscape and giving it deeper character and interest. Banks
Peninsula, Lyttelton Harbour and the Port Hills of Christchurch offer a
wonderfully diverse and kaleidoscopic array of names that speak of the
area's Maori and colonial history and the people who have lived and
worked there. Engagingly written, brimming with information and enriched
with black and white photographs and stunning color plates, this
substantial volume is an important addition to Gordon Ogilvie's popular
and acclaimed histories of Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills.