Tainui (canoe)

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In Māori tradition, Tainui was the name of one of the great sea-going canoes in which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand. It was captained by Hoturoa.

Several Tuamotuan stories are told of canoes named Tainui, Tainuia (captained by Hoturoa), and Tainui-atea (captained by Tahorotakarari) that left the Tuamotus and never returned.

[edit] References

  • R.D. Craig, Dictionary of Polynesian Mythology (Greenwood Press: New York) 1989, 253.
  • J.F. Stimson and S. Marshall, Dictionary of Some Tuamotuan Dialects of the Polynesian Languages (Peabody Museum: Salem) 1964, 485.
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