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This is a list of Māori waka (canoes). The information in this list represents a compilation of different oral traditions from around New Zealand. These accounts give several different uses for the canoes: many carried Polynesian migrants and explorers from Hawaiki to New Zealand ; others brought supplies or made return journeys to Hawaiki; Te Rīrino was said to be lost at sea.
List of canoes [ edit ]
Name of canoe
Regional traditions
Associated iwi or hapū
Aotea
Whanganui , Taranaki , Waikato
Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi , Ngā Rauru Kītahi , Ngāti Ruanui
Aotearoa
Bay of Plenty , Waikato
Arahura
South Island
Ngāi Tahu
Āraiteuru
South Island
Ngāi Tahu
Arautauta
Bay of Plenty
Te Whakatōhea
Arawa
Bay of Plenty , East Coast, Waikato
Ngāti Tūwharetoa , Te Arawa
Hīnakipākau-o-te-rupe
Bay of Plenty
Horouta
East Coast
Ngāti Porou , Ngāti Ruapani , Rongowhakaata , Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti , Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki
Kahutara
Taranaki
Kāraerae
South Island
Kurahaupō
Northland , Taranaki
Ngati Apa , Ngāti Kurī , Ngati Ruanui
Mahangaatuamatua
Bay of Plenty
Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi (also Māhuhu )
Auckland , Northland
Ngāti Whātua Te Roroa
Mānuka
South Island
Māmari
Northland
Ngā Puhi , Te Aupōuri , Te Rarawa
Mataatua
Bay of Plenty , Northland
Ngā Puhi , Ngāi Te Rangi , Ngāti Awa , Ngāti Pūkenga , Te Whakatōhea
Matahourua
(various )
Ngapuhi , Te Ihutai
Moekākara
Northland
Te Kawerau
Motumotuahi
Taranaki
Ngā Rauru or Ngāti Ruanui
Ngātokimatawhaorua
Northland
Ngā Puhi , Te Aupōuri , Te Rarawa , Te Ihutai
Nuku-tai-memeha
East Coast
Ngāti Porou
Nukutere
Bay of Plenty , East Coast
Ngāti Porou , Te Whakatōhea
Ōkoki
Taranaki
Ōtūrereao
Bay of Plenty
Pangatoru
Taranaki
Ngā Rauru or Ngāti Ruanui
Riukākara
Northland
Ruakaramea
Northland
Tahatuna
Taranaki
Taikōria
Taranaki
Tainui
Auckland , Bay of Plenty , Taranaki , Waikato and Hauraki
Ngāti Raukawa Ngāti Maniapoto , Ngāti Maru , Ngāti Paoa , Ngāti Rongoū , Ngāti Tamaterā , Ngāti Whanaunga , Ngāti Hauā , Ngāti Toa
Tākitimu
Bay of Plenty , East Coast, South Island
Muriwhenua , Ngāti Kahungunu , Ngāti Ranginui , Ngāi Tahu
Tauira
Bay of Plenty , Northland
Te Whakatōhea , Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
Tāwhirirangi
Bay of Plenty , South Island
Te Aratauwhāiti
Bay of Plenty
Te Aratāwhao
Bay of Plenty
Te Hoiere
South Island
Ngāti Kuia
Te Kōhatuwhenua
Taranaki
Ngā Rauru or Ngāti Ruanui
Te Paepae-ki-Rarotonga
Bay of Plenty
Ngāti Tuwharetoa
Te Rangimātoru
Bay of Plenty
Ngāi Tūranga , Te Hapū-oneone
Te Rangiuamutu (also Tairea )
Taranaki
Ngā Rauru or Ngāti Ruanui
Te Rīrino
Taranaki
Te Waka a Maui
East Coast
Ngāti Porou
Te Wakaringaringa
Taranaki
Ngā Rauru or Ngāti Ruanui
Te Wakatūwhenua
Northland
Tinana (also Te Māmaru )
Northland
Te Rarawa , Ngāti Kahu
Tokomaru
Taranaki
Ngāti Tama
Tohora
East coast
Ngāti Porou
Tōtara-i-kāria
Bay of Plenty
Ngāti Tuwharetoa
Tūnui-ā-rangi
Auckland , Northland
Ngāi Tāhuhu
Tūwhenua
Bay of Plenty
Uruaokapuarangi (also Uruao )
South Island
Waipapa
Northland
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Taonui, Rāwiri (2006-12-21). "Canoe traditions" . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2007-04-05 .
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