Historic Canoes of the Maori & Moriori people 925-1350 ADNOTE: acquired from the East Coast,
West Coast and Ngai Tahu wharewananga. Counted by 25yrs per generation. |
Discoverer of NZ:
| Yr-AD | CANOE NAME | Commander | Priest | Departure Point | Landed at | Settled |
| 925 | MATAHORUA | Kupe | - | (Hawaiki) | Whanganui-a-tara (Wellington) | Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe (Hokianga) |
| 925 | TAHIRIRANGI | Ngake (Ngahue) | - | (Hawaiki) | Whanganui-a-tara (Wellington) | Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe (Hokianga) |
Moriori: (Rekohu - now Chatham Islands (536 miles west of Christchurch))
"Ka toto au!" Nunukuwhenua's Law
The First settlers were descended
from Te Aomarama and Rongomaiwhenua (Moriori for Sky Father &
Earth Mother)
First Maori Settlement
NZ:- (East & West Coast Wananga)
Second Maori Settlement
NZ:-(East Coast Wananga)
Yr-AD
CANOE NAME
Commander
Priest
Departure Point
Landed at
Settled
1200
RANGI HOUA
Te Rakiroa
Te Honeke
Wheteina tribe (Hawaiki)
Smashed against rocks on N.coast of Rekohu
Rekohu
1200
RANGI MATA
Mihiti
Rongopapa
Wheteina tribe (Hawaiki)
N.Coast of Rekohu
Rekohu
1250
OROPUKE
Moe
-
Rauru tribe (Hawaiki)
Rekohu
1350+
TANE (Tanewai?)
Kahu
-
Rangitikei River (Aotearoa)
Kaingaroa or Tuku, Rekohu
left for Aotearoa
Yr-AD
CANOE NAME
Commander
Priest
Departure Point
Landed at
Settled
-
KAHUTARA
Maruiwi
-
(Hawaiki)
Ngamotu (near New Plymouth)
Taranaki
-
TAIKORIA
Ruatamore
-
(Hawaiki)
Ngamotu (near New Plymouth)
Taranaki
-
OKOKI
Taitawaro
-
(Hawaiki)
Ngamotu (near New Plymouth)
Taranaki
-
-
Pananehu
-
(Hawaiki)
Tamaki
(Hawaiki)
-
-
Pohokura (Taitawharo's brother)
-
-
-
(Hawaiki)
| Yr-AD | CANOE NAME | Commander | Priest | Departure Point | Landed at | Settled |
| 1125 | - | Whatonga | Turahui | Pikopikoiwhiti | Rangiatea (Ra'iatea Is) | Left for Hawaiki |
| 1125 | - | Toitehuatahi (Toikairakau) | - | Pikopikoiwhiti | Rarotonga (Cook Is) | Tamaki Makarau (Auckland Isthmus) |
| 1125+ | KURAHAUPO (Te Hawai) | Whatonga | Mahutonga | Pikopikoiwhiti | Rarotonga (Cook Is)
Muriwhenua (North Cape) |
Moharuru (Maketu) |
| 1126+ | KURAHAUPO (Te Hawai) | Whatonga | Mahutonga | Whakatane (NZ) | Turanga (Poverty Bay) | through Whanganui-a-Tara (Wellington harbour) |
| - | TAHATUNA | Manaia | Te Aowhaingaroa | Whaingaroa (Hawaiki) | Mana Is (off Wellington coast) | |
| - | TE ARATAWHAO | Tamakihikurangi | Hoaki | Whakatane (NZ) | Marutairangaranga (Hawaiki) | returned on Matatua canoe |
| - | HOROUTA | Kahukura (Toi's canoe) | Rangituroua | Whakatane (NZ) | Huiakama (Hawaiki) | returned during period of Fleet |
* KURAHAUPO & OROUTAcanoe
went to Hawaiki and returned to NZ during the 'main' fleet.
Third Maori Settlement
NZ:-
*Paikea came to NZ riding on the back of a whale, NUKUTERE
Yr-AD
CANOE NAME
Commander
Priest
Departure Point
Landed at
Settled
-
TE MAMARU
Pou
-
-
Rangiaohoa Peninsula
-
-
ARAITEURU
-
-
-
wrecked in Moeraki, Nth Otago, South Island
-
-
MOTUMOTUAHI
Puatautahi
-
-
Whanganui
-
-
PANGATORU
Rakewanangaora
-
-
Whanganui
-
-
W(H)AKARINGARINGA
Mawakeroa
-
-
Whanganui
-
-
RINGAUAMUTU
Tamatearokai
-
-
Whanganui
-
-
TAIREA
-
-
-
Whanganui
-
-
ARIKIMAITAI
-
-
-
Patea
-
1125
RANGI-MATORU
Hape
-
-
-
-
1225
-
Pae-rangi
Paoa
-
-
Whanganui
1225
NUKUTERE (whale)
Paikea
-
-
Ahuahu (Gt Mercury Is)
Whangara
| Yr-AD | CANOE NAME | Commander | Priest | Departure Point | Landed at | Settled |
| *1350 | HOROUTA | Pawa | Kiwa | - | Ahuahu (Gt Mercury Is) | through Turanganuiokiwa (Gisborne harbour) |
| *1350 | KURAHAUPO | Popoto (or Te Moungaroa?) | Ruatea | - | Rangitahua (Kermadecs) | through Auckland Peninsula |
| 1350 | TE RIRINO | Potoru | - | Mahaena | Boulder - Bank on Nelson coast | - |
| 1350 | AOTEA | Turi | Te Kapuatoro | Mahaena | Rangitahua (Kermedec Is) | through Nth of Kawhia, Aotea (Raglan harbour) |
| 1350 | MATAATUA (Toroa) | Toroa | Tamakihikurangi | - | Whakatane River | through Northland |
| 1350 | TAINUI | Hoturoa | Rakataura | - | near Maketu | (on the shores of Kawhia Harbour) |
| 1350 | PUKATEAWANUI | Ruaeo | - | - | Ngapuna River ? | - |
| 1350 | TE ARAWA | Tamatekapua | Ngatoroirangi | - | Bay of Plenty, | through Maketu, Ngapuna River |
| 1350 | TOKOMARU | Whata | Rakeiora | - | Bay of Plenty (BOP) | and then Mokau River |
| 1350 | TAKITIMU | Tamatea-ariki-nui | Ruawharo, Te Rongopatahi & Tupai | Pikopikoiwhiti | Whangaparoa, Awanui | through Tauranga and Murihiku (South Is) |
| 1350 | KARAERAE | Tamatea (Tamateapokaiwhenua) | - | Waiau River (NZ) | through Whanganui River, | on to Taupo |
| - | MAHUHU | Rongomai | - | - | Whangaroa to | Kaipara Heads |
| - | MAMARI | Nukutawhiti | - | - | Hokianga Heads (N.Auckland) | - |
| - | TE RUAKARAMEA | Te Uriparaoa | Papawi | - | Mangonui | - |
| - | WAIPAPA | Kaiwhetu | Wairere | - | Rangiaohia (Doubtless Bay) | - |
| - | TE RIUKAKARA | - | - | - | Whangaroa | - |
| - | MOEKAKARA | - | - | - | near Whangarei | - |
| - | TE WAKATUWHENUA | - | - | - | near Cape Rodney | - |
| - | KAHU | Kahuti | - | - | - |
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