Tūnui-ā-rangi

Tūnui-ā-rangi
Great Māori migration waka

In Māori tradition, Tūnui-ā-rangi was one of the great ocean-going, voyaging canoes (or waka) that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. The waka is linked to the Ngāi Tāhuhu iwi of the Auckland and Northland regions.

Tūnui-ā-rangi is said to have landed at Piercy Island in the Bay of Islands.[1] It then traveled south to Ngunguru and Whangārei.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b Māori Peoples of New Zealand / Nga iwi o Aotearoa. Auckland: David Bateman. 2006. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-86953-622-0.


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