| Great Māori migration waka |
In Māori tradition, Moekākara was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. It was captained by Tāhuhunui-o-te-rangi, the ancestor of Ngāi Tāhuhu. [1] The canoe first landed at Wakatuwhenua, near Te Ārai north of Auckland. [2] [3] Ngāi Tāhuhu settled at Pouerua in the Bay of Islands and the Mangakahia River in Northland, as well as Ōtāhuhu in Auckland. [1]
- ^ a b Taonui, Professor Rawiri (2017). "THE WHANGAREI COAST Te Whanga-o-Reitū or Te Whanga-o-Reipae" (PDF). LINKNZ (68). Immigration New Zealand, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment: 4–12. ISSN 2324-3848. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Graham, George (1925). "TE TOKA-TU-WHENUA. A RELIC OF THE ANCIENT WAIOHUA OF TAMAKI". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 34 (2 (134)): 175–179.
- ^ Murdoch, Graeme (1990). "Nga Tohu o Waitakere: the Maori Place Names of the Waitakere River Valley and its Environs; their Background History and an Explanation of their Meaning". In Northcote-Bade, James (ed.). West Auckland Remembers, Volume 1. West Auckland Historical Society. p. 13. ISBN 0-473-00983-8.
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| Great Māori migration waka |
In Māori tradition, Moekākara was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. It was captained by Tāhuhunui-o-te-rangi, the ancestor of Ngāi Tāhuhu. [1] The canoe first landed at Wakatuwhenua, near Te Ārai north of Auckland. [2] [3] Ngāi Tāhuhu settled at Pouerua in the Bay of Islands and the Mangakahia River in Northland, as well as Ōtāhuhu in Auckland. [1]
- ^ a b Taonui, Professor Rawiri (2017). "THE WHANGAREI COAST Te Whanga-o-Reitū or Te Whanga-o-Reipae" (PDF). LINKNZ (68). Immigration New Zealand, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment: 4–12. ISSN 2324-3848. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Graham, George (1925). "TE TOKA-TU-WHENUA. A RELIC OF THE ANCIENT WAIOHUA OF TAMAKI". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 34 (2 (134)): 175–179.
- ^ Murdoch, Graeme (1990). "Nga Tohu o Waitakere: the Maori Place Names of the Waitakere River Valley and its Environs; their Background History and an Explanation of their Meaning". In Northcote-Bade, James (ed.). West Auckland Remembers, Volume 1. West Auckland Historical Society. p. 13. ISBN 0-473-00983-8.
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