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.

Arawa
Great Māori migration waka
CommanderHei, Tia and Tama-te-kapua
PriestHei, Tia and Ngātoro-i-rangi
Landed atTauranganui, Whangaparaoa, Maketu
Settled atFrom Tauranga and Maketu to Tongariro

The Te Arawa confederation of Māori iwi and hapū based in the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty areas trace their ancestry from the people of this canoe.

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