Tainui Waka

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In Māori mythology, the Tainui Waka was one of the large sea-going canoes ( waka ) in which Polynesians immigrated to New Zealand about 800 years ago . The canoe was named after a stillborn baby: on the grave of this child in Hawaiki , located in a place called Maungaroa , a mighty tree grew that was used to build this canoe.

travel

In the Tuamotu Archipelago , several stories have come down to us, according to which canoes named Tainui or Tainuia (with Hoturoa as a leader) and Tainui atea (with Tahorotakarari as a leader) left the archipelago and never returned.

In the Māori tradition , Tainui Waka is handed down under a chief Hoturoa . On its journey it landed on many Pacific islands and eventually arrived in New Zealand. It first landed at Whangaparaoa near Auckland on the North Island . The canoe then traveled on to Tauranga , the Coromandel Peninsula and Waitemata . The ship was towed overland from Waitemata Harbor on the east coast across the isthmus of Tamaki to what is now Manukau Harbor on the west coast. From Manukau the journey led to Kaipara in the north, then on the west coast south to the ports of Whaingaroa ( Raglan ), Aotea and Kawhia . It continued south to south of the mouths of the Mōkau River and Mohakatini River , then it drove north again to the final landing site at Maketu in Kawhia Harbor . The crew went ashore each time and descendants of the crew formed multiple tribes ( Iwi ), many of which are united under the Tainui Tribal Association.

See also

literature

  • Robert D. Craig: Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology. Greenwood Press, New York NY et al. 1989, ISBN 0-313-25890-2 , p. 235.
  • J. Frank Stimson, Donald Stanley Marshall: A dictionary of some Tuamotuan dialects of the Polynesian language. Published by The Peabody Museum of Salem and Het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. Nijhoff, The Hague 1964, p. 485.
  • Te Kohu Douglas, Te Aue Davis: Te Tumu o tainui. A commemorative souvenir of the opening of Te Tini o Tainui Dining Hall by the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. David Lange, Maketū Marae, Kāwhia, November 1, 1986. Maketu Marae Trustees, Kāwhia 1986.

Web links

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