Māmari Waka

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The Māmari Waka was together with the Ngātokimatawhaorua Waka in the mythology of the Māori one of the first canoes ( Waka ), which, after the voyage of discovery of Kupe and his return to Hawaiki , set out with his crew to New Zealand to settle there.

history

The leader of Māmari Waka is said to have been Ruanui o Tane and Ruanui's older brother on the second canoe .

After Kupe returned to Hawaiki from New Zealand , he reported on his discoveries. He gave Ruanui o Tane and his brother navigational instructions to follow the pillars of clouds to the southwest and to use the bright star Atu-tahi ( Canopus ) to the left of the Mangaroa ( Milky Way ) as orientation at night . 42 emigrants are said to have been on board.

After reaching New Zealand they drove out the West Coast Northland s along, then of Ripito Beach from sail back north and north and south of Hokianga Harbor to go ashore and Whāngāpē Harbor and Ōmāmari to settle.

Iwi descent from Māmari Waka

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  1. ↑ a b Rawiri Taonui : Canoe traditions - Canoes of the northern tide . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , September 22, 2012, accessed April 7, 2016 .
  2. ↑ a b TUOH Legends - Manawhenua Report . Te Uri o Hau , archived from the original on January 2017 ; accessed on May 3, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Rawiri Taonui : Canoe traditions - Landing places of the northern canoes . In: Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , November 15, 2012, accessed April 7, 2016 .