- In Māori tradition,
Matahourua was the
canoe of the
legendary hero Kupe, who, in some accounts, was the
discoverer of
Aotearoa (New Zealand) (Craig 1989:161...
-
owner of the
great canoe Matahourua, whom Kupe had murdered. To
escape punishment for the murder, Kupe and Kura fled in
Matahourua and
discovered a land...
- His wife Kūrāmarotini
owned the
canoe Matahourua. One day,
Hoturapa and his wife went out
fishing in the
Matahourua with
their friend Kupe. Kupe tricked...
-
daughter of Toto, a
chief of Hawaiki. Toto made a gift to her of the
canoe Matahourua, in
which she went out
fishing with her
husband Hoturapa and
their friend...
-
given to Turi, and was
sailed by him to New Zealand. The
other canoe, the
Matahourua, was
later commandeered by Kupe who
sailed it to New
Zealand with Kūrāmarotini...
- of a
great tree from Hawaiki, the
other half
being used for the
canoe Matahourua. Toto gave
Aotea to his
daughter Rongorongo, who was
married to Turi....
- Tamapa****, Ngāti Whakahemo, Te Ūpokorehe, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui, Whakatōhea
Matahourua Wellington, Mana Island, Whanganui,
Patea Manawatū-Whanganui, Northland...
-
Polynesian explorer and
navigator Kupe
sailed from
Hawaiki in his
canoe named Matahourua and
landed at
Taipa Bay.
Others believe that he
landed in the Hokianga...
- the west
coast of the
North Island, Kupe
sailed to New
Zealand in the
Matahourua from
Hawaiki after murdering a man
called Hoturapa, and
making off with...
- Ngātokimatawhaorua, Māhūhū, Ruakaramea, Tainui, Matawhaorua, Mātaatua,
Matahourua 102,981 122,214 125,601 165,201 Ngāruahine
Taranaki Aotea 3,228 3,723...
