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Uruaokapuarangi (also Te Waka a Rangi;
often known simply as
Uruao) was one of the
great ocean-going,
voyaging canoes (waka) that was used in the migrations...
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Waimea and
Golden Bay counties.
According to tradition, the Māori waka
Uruao brought ancestors of the
Waitaha people to
Tasman Bay in the 12th century...
- with his kō (foot plough)
named Tūwhakaroria.
After Waitaha arrived in the
Uruao waka at Whakatū (Nelson), Rākaihautū
divided his
people into two groups...
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Polynesian digging stick,
which was
called Tūwhakaroria.
After arriving in the
Uruao waka at Nelson, Rākaihautū
divided his
people into two groups. Rākaihautū...
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Waitaha iwi,
followed later by Kāti Māmoe and Kāi Tahu.
Waitaha sailed on the
Uruao waka,
whose captain Rākaihautū
named sites and
carved out
lakes throughout...
- stick)
named Tūwhakaroria.
After arriving at Whakatū
Nelson in the waka
Uruao, Rākaihautū
divided his crew into two. He led one
group through the interior...
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believed to have
settled directly to the
South Island from
Hawaiki on the
Uruao canoe.
Later migrations of Kāti Māmoe from the
North Island. Similarly,...
- has it that Rākaihautū, the
legendary leader of the Māori
migration canoe Uruao, is said to have
named the
great lakes while exploring the
interior of the...
- Zealand. The
northern valley of Le Roys Bush was
known as Te
Uruwao (or Te
Uruao) by
early Māori. The
stream flowing through this
valley forms a high waterfall...
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Polynesian digging stick which was
called Tūwhakaroria.
After arriving in the
Uruao waka at Nelson, Rākaihautū
divided his
people into two groups. Rākaihautū...
