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
Ngāti Toa
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Ngāti Toa, also called Ngāti Toarangatira or Ngāti Toa Rangatira, is a Māori iwi based in the southern North Island and the northern South Island of New Zealand. Ngāti Toa remains a small iwi with a p
Tainui (canoe)
…waka Commander Hoturoa 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. The korupe (carving over the window frame) at Mahina-a-Rangi…
Ngāti Toa Domain, Porirua
Looking south towards Cook Strait and the South Island from Kapiti Island