Aotea Waka

The Aotea Waka was the mythology of Māori according to a canoe that around 1350 under the leader Turi New Zealand have achieved and the crew on the coast Taranaki s and the Cook Strait to have resided.

history

Turi was a member of a tribe in the islands of Tahiti . After an argument and armed conflict with Uenuku , the leader of the Tini-o-Uenuku tribe, the mutual killing of each other's sons, and the prospect of losing the fight against the Uenuku tribe , Turi abandoned his canoe Father-in-law call Toto to leave the islands and flee to New Zealand.

The Aotea Waka first reached the Kermadec Islands and moored on Raoul Island to be able to repair the boat. With the repaired boat, Turi and his crew drove further south and landed next on Great Barrier Island , which they named Aotea . After then bypassing the northern tip of the North Island, they finally went ashore on the west coast of the North Island at Aotea Harbor , north of Kāwhia and named the landing site Aotea . They then moved south overland and settled in Taranaki in places where small towns are today, such as Mokau , Urenui , Waitara , Mangati , Oakura and Patea , where Turi settled. The Karaka trees (Corynocarpus laevigatus) on the west coast of the settlement area of Turi's tribe still bear witness to their settlement activities . They brought the trees from Tahiti.

Published history

Governor George Edward Gray published in his book Nga mahinga a nga tupuna , published in 1854 , the story of Tauke's father, chief of the Ngati Ruanui tribe of Patea , who told the story of Turi and his journey and arrival in New Zealand and who wrote Gray down .

Iwi descent from Aotea Waka

The Iwi who see themselves as descendants of the Aotea Waka are:

• Ngā Rauru , Taranaki tribe
• Ngā Ruahine , Taranaki tribe
• Ngāti Ruanui , Taranaki tribe
• Ngāti Haua , Whanganui tribe (along with other canoes (Waka))
• Te Ati Hau , Whanganui tribe (along with other canoes)

See also

• Waka (canoe)

literature

• Hetaraka Tautahi : The " Aotea " Canoe . In: University of Auckland (Ed.): The Journal of the Polynesian Society . Vol. 9, No. 4 . Auckland December 1900, p. 211–232 (English, online [PDF; 660 kB ; accessed on April 1, 2016]).

Web links

• Hetaraka Tautahi : Canoe traditions . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , August 24, 2015, accessed January 25, 2016 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tautahi : The " Aotea " canoe . 1900, p.  215-217 .
2. ↑ Nga Taunga May o Nga Waka - The coming of the canoes . (PDF; 1.9 MB) Land Information New Zealand , accessed on March 30, 2016 (English).  
3. ↑ Tautahi : The " Aotea " canoe . 1900, p.  227 .
4. ↑ Tautahi : The " Aotea " canoe . 1900, p.  211 .
5. ^ Joan Metge : The Maoris of New Zealand Rautahi . Routledge & Kegan Paul , London 1976, ISBN 0-7100-8352-1 , pp.  129 (English).