Tainui (canoe)
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For other uses, see Tainui (disambiguation).
Tainui was one of the great ocean-going canoes in which Polynesians migrated to New Zealand approximately 800 years ago. It was commanded by the chief Hoturoa, who had decided to leave Hawaiki because over-population had led to famine and warfare.[2] The ship first reached New Zealand at Whangaparāoa in the Bay of Plenty and then skirted around the north coast of the North Island, finally landing at Kawhia in the western Waikato. The crew of the Tainui were the ancestors of the iwi that form the Tainui confederation.
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Great Māori migration waka | |
Commander | Hoturoa |
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Priest | Rakatāura aka Hape |
Landed at | Whangaparaoa, Bay of Plenty, Kāwhia |
Iwi | Waikato, Ngāti Maniapoto, Hauraki, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Rārua, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Marutūahu, Te Kawerau a Maki, Ngā Puhi and Ngāi Tai. |
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