Arawa (canoe)
Māori migration canoe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arawa was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes in Māori traditions that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand.
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Great Māori migration waka | |
Commander | Hei, Tia and Tama-te-kapua |
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Priest | Hei, Tia and Ngātoro-i-rangi |
Landed at | Tauranganui, Whangaparaoa, Maketu |
Settled at | From Tauranga and Maketu to Tongariro |
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The Te Arawa confederation of Māori iwi and hapū based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty areas trace their ancestry from the people of this canoe.