South Island

The South Island forms one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. The Maori name for the South Island is Te Wai Pounamu which means "The Greenstone Water" (greenstone being jade).

Geographic features

• Arthur's Pass
• Banks Peninsula
• Catlins
• Doubtful Sound
• Fox Glacier
• Farewell Spit
• Franz Josef Glacier
• Haast Pass
• Lake Manapouri
• Lake Wakatipu
• MacKenzie Basin
• Milford Sound

Shibboleth warning: maps and non-New Zealanders say "South Island"; but genuine Kiwis say "the South Island", with a definite article. Maps, headings or tables, and adjectival expressions use "South Island"; whereas "the South Island" is used after a preposition or before or after a verb; eg "my mother lives in the South Island", "the North Island is smaller than the South Island", "I'm visiting the South Island". Note also the use "IN the South Island" rather than "ON the South Island".

Related Topics:
Shibboleth - Kiwis

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