MIGRATION CANOES AND VOYAGES

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Maori Discoverer:
Yr-AD Canoe Name Commander Priest Departure Point Landed at Settled
925 MATAHORUA Kupe (Hawaiki) Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe (Hokianga)
925 TAHIRIRANGI Ngake (Ngahue) (Hawaiki) Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington) Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe (Hokianga)

Moriori: (Rekohu - now Chatham Islands (536 miles west of Christchurch))
 "Ka toto au!" Nunukuwhenua's Law.
The first settlers were descended from Te Aomarama and Rongomaiwhenua (Moriori for Sky Father $ Earth Mother)
Yr-AD Canoe Name Commander Priest Departure Point Landed at Settled
1200 RANGI HOUA Te Rakiroa Te Honeke Wheteina tribe (Hawaiki) Smashed against rocks on N.coast of Rekohu Rekohu
1200 RANGI MATA Mihiti Rongopapa Wheteina tribe (Hawaiki) N.coast of Rekohu Rekohu
1250 OROPUKE Moe - Rauru tribe (Hawaiki) Rekohu
1350+ TANE (Tanewai?) Kahu - Rangitikei River (Aotearoa) Kaingaroa or Tuku, Rekohu left for Aotearoa

First Maori Settlement NZ:- (East and West Coast Wananga)
Yr-AD Canoe Name Commander Priest Departure Point Landed at Settled
- KAHUTARA Maruiwi - (Hawaiki) Ngamotu (near New Plymouth) Taranaki
- TAIKORIA Ruatamore - (Hawaiki) Ngamotu (near New Plymouth) Taranaki
- OKOKI Taitawaro - (Hawaiki) Ngamotu (near New Plymouth) Taranaki
- - Pananehu - (Hawaiki) Tamaki (Hawaiki)
- - Pohokura (Taitawharo's brother) - - - (Hawaiki)

Second Maori Settlement NZ:- (East Coast Wananga)
Yr-AD Canoe Name Commander Priest Departure Point Landed at Settled
1125 - Whatonga Turahui Pikopikoiwhiti Rangiatea (Ra'iatea Is) Left for Hawaiki
1125 - Toitehuatahi (Toikairakau) - Pikopikoiwhiti Rarotonga (Cook Is) Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland Isthmus)
1125+ KURAHAUPO (Te Hawai) Whatonga Mahutonga Pikopikoiwhiti Rarotonga (Cook Is) Muriwhenua (North Cape) Moharuru (Maketu)
1126+ KURAHAUPO (Te Hawai) Whatonga Mahutonga Whakatane (NZ) Turanga (Poverty Bay) through Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington harbour)
- TAHATUNA Manaia Te Aowhaingaroa Whaingaroa (Hawaiki) Mana Is (off Wellington Coast)
- TE ARATAWHAO Tamakihikurangi Hoaki Whakatane (NZ) Marutairangaranga (Hawaiki) returned on Mataatua canoe
- HOROUTA Kahukura (Toi's canoe) Rangituroua Whakatane (NZ) Huiakama (Hawaiki) returned during period of fleet

*KURAHAUPO & OROUTA canoe went to Hawaiki and returned to NZ during the "main" fleet

 

 
Maori Canoes by Regional Grouping

REGIONAL GROUPING TRIBE CANOE
Northern Tribes Aupouri
Rarawa
Ngati Kahu
Ngapuhi
Ngati Whatua		 Kurahaupo
Ngatokimatawhaorua
Mamari
Mahuhu
and others
Tainui Tribes Ngati Tai
Ngati Paoa
Ngati Maru
Ngati Tamatera
Ngati Whanaunga
Waikato
Maniapoto


Tainui
Taranaki Tribes Ngati Tama
Ngati Mutunga
Ngati Maru
Te Ati Awa
Taranaki
Nga Ruahine
Ngati Ruanui
Nga Rauru
Tokomaru


Kurahaupo

Aotea
Wanganui Tribes Ngati Haua
Te Ati Hau		 Tainui and Arawa
Aotea and Kurahaupo
Manawatu Tribes Ngati Raukawa
Ngati Apa
Rangitane
Muaupoko		 Tainui

Kurahaupo
Wellington Tribes Te Ati Awa
Ngati Toa		 Tokomaru
Tainui
Arawa Tribes Arawa
Ngati Tuwharetoa		 Arawa
Bay of Plenty Tribes Ngati Terangi
Ngati Ranginui
Ngati Awa
Tuhoe
Whakatohea
Ngai Tai
Whanau-e-Apanui		 Mataatua and Tainui


Mataatua

Tainui
Mataatua and Horouta
East Coast Tribes
(Tai Rawhiti)		 Rongowhakaata
Ngati Porou
Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki		 Horouta and Nukutere

Takitimu
Takitimu Ngati Kahungunu
Rangitane
Ngati Tama
Ngati Mutunga
Te Ati Awa
Kurahaupo

Tokomaru
South Island Tribes Rangitane
Ngati Toa
Poutini
Ngai Tahu
Ngati Mamoe

Kurahaupo
Tainui

Takitimu and others

 

 
Yr-AD Canoe Name Commander Priest Departure Point Landed at Settled
- TE MAMARU Pou - - Rangiaohoa Peninsula  
- ARAITEURU - - - Wrecked in Moeraki, Nth Otago, South Island  
- MOTUMOTUAHI Puatautahi - - Whanganui  
- PANGATORU Rakewanangaora - - Whanganui  
- W(H)AKARINGARINGA Mawakeroa - - Whanganui  
- RINGAUAMUTU Tamatearokai - - Whanganui  
- TAIREA - - - Whanganui  
- ARIKIMAITAI - - - Patea  
1125 RANGI-MATORU Hape - - - -
1225 - Pae-rangi Paoa - - Whanganui
1225 NUKUTERE (whale) Paikea - - Ahuahu (Gt Mercury Is) Whangara
*1350 HOROUTA Pawa Kiwa - Ahuahu (Gt Mercury Is) through Turanganuiokiwa (Gisborne harbour)
*1350 KURAHAUPO Popoto (or Te Moungaroa?) Ruatea - Rangitahua (Kermedecs) through Auckland Peninsula
1350 TE RIRINO Potoru - Mahaena Boulder - Bank on Nelson Coast -
1350 AOTEA Turi Te Kapuatoru Mahaena Rangitahua (Kermedec Is) through Nth of Kawhia, Aotea (Raglan harbour)
1350 MATAATUA (Toroa) Toroa Tamakihikurangi - Whakatane River through Northland
1350 TAINUI Hoturoa Rakataura - near Maketu (on the shores of Kawhia harbour)
1350 PUKATEAWANUI Ruaeo - - Ngapuna River? -
1350 TE ARAWA Tamatekapua Ngatoroirangi - Bay of Plenty through Maketu, Ngapuna River
1350 TOKOMARU Whata Rakeiora - Bay of Plenty (BOP) and then Mokau River
1350 TAKITIMU Tamatea-ariki-nui Ruawharo, Te Rongopatahi & Tupai Pikopikoiwhiti Whangaparoa, Awanui through Tauranga and Murihiku (South Is)
1350 KARAERAE Tamatea (Tamateapokaiwhenua) - Waiau River (NZ) through Whanganui River on to Taupo
- MAHUHU Rongomai - - Whangaroa to Kaipara Heads
- MAMARI Nukutawhiti - - Hokianga Heads (N.Auckland) -
- TE RUAKARAMEA Te Uriparaoa Papawi - Mangonui -
- WAIPAPA Kaiwhetu Wairere - Rangiaohia (Doubtless Bay) -
- TE RIUKAKARA - - - Whangaroa -
- MOEKAKARA - - - near Whangarei -
- TE WAKATUWHENUA - - - near Cape Rodney -
- KAHU Kahuti - - - -


*PAIKEA came to NZ riding on the back of a whale, NUKUTERE.     

WHO WERE THE FIRST     PRE POLYNESIAN     THE STEPPING STONES    POLYNESIA       TAINUI 

AN UNPALITABLE TRUTH     TAURANGA TRIBES     BAY OF PLENTY HISTORY     NEW ZEALAND HISTORY      CAPTAIN COOK

 

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