What is "tararua"

Tararua is a name used in several contexts:

• The Tararua Range, in the southeast of New Zealand's North Island
• The Tararua District of New Zealand, named for the Range.
• The Tararua Forest Park, New Zealand's first forest park
• The SS Tararua, a 19th-century passenger steamship.
• Tararua is a genus of the Agelenidae spider family.