Tainui
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Tainui is a tribal waka confederation of New Zealand Māori iwi. The Tainui confederation comprises four principal related Māori iwi of the central North Island of New Zealand: Hauraki, Ngāti Maniapoto
Tainui forces repulse a British attack at the Battle of Rangiriri, 1863.
Ngāti Maniapoto survivors of the war, at the jubilee gathering on the battlefield of Ōrākau, 1 April 1914.
Tainui (canoe)
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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
Te Aurere, a modern reconstruction of a sea-going waka (canoe).
Te Haunui, a modern reconstruction of a sea-going waka (canoe).
Tama-te-kapua, leader of Arawa (Ohinemutu, Rotorua, ca. 1880).
Pōhutukawa trees in flower