Building Names

Gifted to Lincoln University by Te Taumutu Rūnanga, the name Waimarie celebrates kā puna Waimarie – the bountiful lakes – and marks the new building as a facility that will foster great leadership, inspire productivity and become a nexus for the transmission of intergenerational knowledge.

Waimarie is one of a suite of names gifted to the University by Te Taumutu Rūnanga to identify the new building and many of the spaces within as belonging to the cultural narrative of Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki and Ngāi Tahu in the Lincoln area.

Waimarie

Landing at Whakatū (Nelson), *Rākaihautū travelled by land southward. Along the way he used his digging stick Tūwhakaroria to dig the many lakes and waterways, ‘kā puna karikari’, throughout the island. The phrase ‘kā puna karikari’ recognises the three types of springs or waterways dug by Rākaihautū – Puna Hauaitu, Puna Waimarie and Puna Karikari.
The name Waimarie references kā puna waimarie, the bountiful lakes. 
The names given to various meeting rooms and spaces within the new building align with the cultural narrative and come from the listing of species significant to Ngāi Te Ruahikihki and Ngāi Tahu.

This term is used for Sports & Recreation