Why Poo? New Zealand's funniest place names

Lake Waikareiti in Te Urewera (singed genitals) National Park.
Photo: Oliver Strewe/Lonely Planet

It's hard to know what to make of a town called Why Poo.

Or a ski field with a name that seems to endorse sexual relations with one's parent.

You don't have to look far for quirky place names in New Zealand, thanks largely to the indigenous language, Maori.

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