In
Māori tradition, ''Māmari'' was one of the great
ocean-going, voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled
New Zealand
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''Māmari'' was the third waka to arrive with the tangata Ruanui. The traditions of the ''Aotea'', ''Horotua'' and ''Māmari'' waka mention that
kiore
The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (''Rattus exulans''), known to the Māori people, Māori as ''kiore'', is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the brown rat and black rat. The Polynesian rat originated in Sou ...
(rats) were passengers on their voyages to New Zealand. Carvings on a window frame of Te Ohaki Marae in
Ahipara
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depict the story of Ruanui's kiore. When he arrived into the Hokianga Harbour, he released them onto an island called Motukiore (rat island).
See also
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List of Māori waka
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References
Māori waka
Māori mythology
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