Aotea (canoe)
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In Māori tradition, Aotea is one of the canoes in which Māori migrated to New Zealand; it is particularly associated with the tribes of Taranaki and Whanganui, including Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine, Ngā
Remembrance arch, Patea unveiled by the Minister of Internal Affairs 2 August 1933
Māori migration canoes
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Māori oral histories recount how their ancestors sailed from their homeland to New Zealand in ocean-going canoes. Some of these traditions name a homeland called Hawaiki. The canoes were probably twin
Aotea (canoe)
…Aotea Great Māori migration waka Commander Turi Landed at Aotea Harbour Iwi Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Ruahine, Ngā Rauru Settled at Taranaki Remembrance arch, Patea unveiled by the Minister…
Departure of the Six Canoes from Raratonga for New Zealand, AD1350, a 1906 painting by Kennett Watkins depicting the imagined Great Fleet leaving Rarotonga in 1350
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