Arawa (canoe)
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Arawa was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes in Māori traditions that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. The Te Arawa confederation of Māori iwi and hapū based around the
Te Aurere, a modern reconstruction of a sea-going waka (canoe).
Pōhutukawa trees in flower
Kennett Watkin's 1912 painting, The Legend of the Voyage to New Zealand, depicts the landfall of migratory canoes, including the Arawa, at Whangaparāoa
Centennial monument, Maketu.
Te Arawa
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Te Arawa is a confederation of Māori iwi and hapū of New Zealand who trace their ancestry to the Arawa migration canoe. The tribes are based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty areas and have a populatio
Arawa (canoe)
…Arawa was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes in Māori traditions that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. The Te Arawa confederation of Māori iwi and hapū based around the Rotorua Lakes and Bay of Plenty, as well as Ngāti Tūwharetoa, which is based around Lake Taupō…
The Te Arawa of Maketu entertain guests.
Maggie Papakura (1873–1930) was a guide, entertainer and ethnographer. Her mother was of the Ngāti Wāhiao hapu of the Tūhourangi tribe of Te Arawa and her father was from England.
Te Papaiouru marae at Ohinemutu, Rotorua, in 1975. It is the home marae of the Ngāti Whakaue subtribes Ngāti Tae-o-Tū and Ngāti Tūnohopū.