Toi is a fairly common man's name in
Māori
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and other
Polynesian languages.
The best known men named Toi are the following from
Māori legendary history, who are sometimes confused with one another:
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Toi-te-huatahi
Toi-te-huatahi, also known as Toi and Toi-kai-rākau, is a legendary Māori ''tupuna'' (ancestor) of many Māori iwi (tribes) from the Bay of Plenty area, including Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāi Tūhoe. The Bay of Plenty's name in te reo ...
, about whom there are various traditions. In
Te Arawa tradition, a chief who never left
Hawaiki. In the
Ngati Awa
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tradition, a descendant of
the fantail, the original settler of New Zealand. In the discredited 'orthodox' or "
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" story, a man from Hawaiki who settled at
Whakatane after following his grandson
Whatonga.
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Toi-te-huatahi II
Toi-te-huatahi, also known as Toi and Toi-kai-rākau, is a legendary Māori ''tupuna'' (ancestor) of many Māori iwi (tribes) from the Bay of Plenty area, including Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāi Tūhoe. The Bay of Plenty's name in te reo ...
, in the discredited Great Fleet story, a man who settled at
Whakatāne after following his grandson Whatonga, much later than Toi-te-huatahi I.
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Toi-kai-rākau
Toi-te-huatahi, also known as Toi and Toi-kai-rākau, is a legendary Māori ''tupuna'' (ancestor) of many Māori iwi (tribes) from the Bay of Plenty area, including Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāi Tūhoe. The Bay of Plenty's name in te reo ...
, an ancestor of the
Tūhoe tribe. In some traditions, this is an alternative name for Toi-te-huatahi.
The descendants of Toi-kai-rākau are named ''Te Tini-a-Toi'' – the many descendants of Toi. In the part of the Bay of Plenty where the ''
Mātaatua'' canoe landed, these descendants were divided into at least 18 groups or hapu.
[The Ngati Awa Raupatu Report – chapter 2]
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Sometimes also the name ''Te Tini o Toi'' is used.
See also
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Tó Tó is a Portuguese nickname. People with this nickname include the following:
* Tó (Mozambican footballer) (born 1980), Mozambican footballer
* Tó Barbosa, nickname for António João Ferradeira Santos (born 1992), Portuguese footballer
* Tó C ...
, nicknames
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Ton (given name) Ton is a Dutch masculine given name, short for Anton or Antonius. People with the name include:
* Ton Alberts (1927–1999), Dutch architect
*Ton Alblas (1940–2015), Dutch politician
* Ton Alcover (born 1990), Spanish footballer
* (born 1944), ...
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Kupe
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Māori migration canoes
Footnotes
Literature
* Halbert, R. (1999) ''Horouta'', Reed Books, Auckland. {{ISBN, 0-7900-0623-5
* Simmonds, D.R. (1976)''The Great New Zealand Myth'', Reed Books.
Legendary Māori people