Tāwhirirangi

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Tāwhirirangi
Great Māori migration waka

In Māori tradition, Tāwhirirangi was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. Tāwhirirangi was captained by Ngāhue, adn originally landed in the Bay of Plenty before heading to the South Island. Ngāhue is said to have then discovered pounamu[1].

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  1. ^ http://www.teara.govt.nz/NewZealanders/MaoriNewZealanders/CanoeTraditions/4/ENZ-Resources/Standard/6/en Te Ara: Encyclopedia of new Zealand
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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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