''Kahuitara'' was one of the
great ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled
New Zealand
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in
Māori
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Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
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tradition.
It landed at
Taranaki
Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island. It is named after its main geographical feature, the stratovolcano of Mount Taranaki, also known as Mount Egmont.
The main centre is the city of New Plymouth. The New Plymouth Dist ...
under the command of Muruiwi. His people settled the area and travelled north.
traces their ancestry back to those who on Kahuitara and other waka, including
Tainui,
Aotea,
Tokomaru and
Kurahaupō
''Kurahaupō'' was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand in Māori tradition.
In Taranaki tribal tradition, ''Kurahaupō'' is known as ''Te Waka Pakaru ki te moana'' or 'The Cano ...
.
See also
*
List of Māori waka
References
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Māori waka