Other formats

    TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

A Leaf from the Natural History of New Zealand

Original Canoes

page 49

Original Canoes.

Aotea, came to Aotea; Ko Hou the chief of it; this is said to have been the first canoe which arrived; some say Turi commanded it, and had Turanga and Tamate in it

Arawa, a double canoe with a house upon it. Ngatoro i rangi, Temate Kapua Rangi tu, Tangaroa, Mahani

Ko Arowa, wife of Ngatori i rangi transgressed with Te Mate Kapua; this canoe also contained Rarawa and Ngapuhi at the head; Ngate Wakaua in the middle, and Ngatoro i rangi in the stern; it came to Maketu, the first settlers of Taupo came in it, Nga ti kahununui

Matatua, Nga te awa Wakatane, Taranaki Maka

Tainui, o Turoa landed at Kawia, Ko Huturoa

Takitumu, Ko pou

Kuruhaupo, Turi; the great ancestor of the Ngatiruanui and Wanganui natives

Tawawao

Teuanga Ki o Kupe

Totara Karia, Rangi tu Te mute kapua

Ko Routa

Kuratawa

Tokomuru, Manaia

Thuwareware, Rangiora

Kauau, a Turu

Te Rimarapa

Otearoa

The tradition as preserved by Te Heuheu, the principal chief of Taupo, is, that their forefathers first came from Hawaiki, Tawiti nui to Hawaiki Patata, where they remained some time, and thence reached Hawaiki ki te Moutere, from which place they finally arrived at New Zealand.

I kunei mai i ha hawaiki, te kune kai te kune tangata.

The seed of our coming is from Hawaiki, the seed of man.