Āraiteuru

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Āraiteuru
Great Māori migration waka
Moeraki boulders

In Māori tradition, Āraiteuru is the canoe in which brought the ancestors the Ngāi Tahu people of the South Island. The canoe was conveyed to New Zealand by the north-east wind, carrying the chiefs Kirikiri-ka-tata, Aroarokaehe, Mangaatua, Aoraki, Kakeroa, Te Horokoatu, Ritua, Ngamautaurua, Pokohiwitahi, Puketapu, Te Maro-tiri-a-te-rehu, Hikuroroa, Pahatea, Te Waioteao, and Hapekituaraki. The fishing net and the water gourd (calabash) of Āraiteuru were turned into stone at Moeraki in the South Island, where they can still be seen. The canoe itself remained at a place called Matakaea (Shag Point) (Tregear 1891:20, White 1887-1891, II:178-179).

[edit] References

  • E.R. Tregear, Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary (Lyon and Blair: Lambton Quay), 1891.
  • J. White, The Ancient History of the Maori, 7 Volumes (Government Printer: Wellington), 1887-1891.

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List of great Māori migration waka
Aotea • Aotearoa • Arahura • Āraiteuru • Arautauta • Arawa • Hīnakipākau-o-te-rupe • Kahutara • Kāraerae • Kurahaupō • Mahangaatuamatua • Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi (a.k.a. Māhuhu) • Mānuka • Māmari • Mataatua • Matahourua • Moekākara • Motumotuahi • Ngātokimatawhaorua • Nuku-tai-memeha • Nukutere • Ōkoki • Ōtūrereao • Pangatoru • Riukākara • Ruakaramea • Tahatuna • Taikōria • Tainui • Tākitimu (a.k.a. Horouta) • Tauira • Tāwhirirangi • Te Aratauwhāiti • Te Aratāwhao • Te Hoiere • Te Kōhatuwhenua • Te Paepae-ki-Rarotonga • Te Rangimātoru • Te Rangiuamutu (a.k.a. Tairea) • Te Rīrino • Te Wakaringaringa • Te Wakatūwhenua • Tinana (a.k.a. Te Māmaru) • Tokomaru • Tōtara-i-kāria • Tūnui-ā-rangi • Tūwhenua • Uruaokapuarangi (a.k.a. Uruao) • Waipapa
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