What are the names of the 7 Waka?
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Asked by: Michael Lewis
The seven waka hourua that arrived to Aotearoa were Tainui, Te Arawa, Mātaatua, Kurahaupō, Tokomaru, Aotea and Tākitimu.
What are the names of the 7 canoes?
Finally, in 1350 CE a ‘great fleet’ of seven canoes – Aotea, Kurahaupō, Mataatua, Tainui, Tokomaru, Te Arawa and Tākitimu – all departed from the Tahitian region at the same time, bringing the people now known as Māori to New Zealand. These were advanced, warlike, agricultural tribes who destroyed the Moriori.”
What is the name of the Ngāpuhi waka?
The Ngāpuhi waka taua (war canoe) Ngatokimatawhaorua, built for the 1940 centenary of the Treaty signing, was the largest of five waka in the Bay of Islands waters for Waitangi Day 2002.
How many different types of waka was there what are their names?
The Moriori people of the Chatham Islands used four types of Wakas: waka pūhara, waka rimu, waka pahī, and waka rā.
What is the name of the waka?
Waka taua – the largest waka
These were up to 30 metres long, and some could hold 100 people. They were beautifully carved at front and back. Warriors used them to go to battle, and the vessels were considered to be sacred.
Where did the 7 waka come from?
In New Zealand it is known as Takitimu. The origin of the waka came out of Upolu in Samoa around 1060.
Where is the Takitimu waka?
The Takitimu waka landed at Whangaōkena (East Cape), Ūawa (Tolaga Bay), Tūranganui (Gisborne), Nukutaurua (on Māhia Peninsula) and other points further south along the eastcoast. The Horouta waka was captained by Kiwa and Pāoa. It made landfall at Ōhiwa after its prow (haumi) was damaged.
Who is the chief of Ngāpuhi?
The Ngāpuhi chief Hongi Hika is usually seen as responsible for beginning the Musket Wars.
What is the name of the waka at Waitangi?
His double-hulled waka hourua was named Matawhaorua which he used to return to the Pacific. His grandson later re-adzed the waka and sailed it back to New Zealand. He added ‘nga toki‘, meaning ‘the adzes’ to the name, creating the name of Ngātokimatawhaorua.
What iwi is Ngāpuhi?
The Ngāpuhi population includes all people of Māori descent who gave Ngāpuhi as their iwi or as one of several iwi. 125,601 people, or 18.8 percent of the total population of Māori descent, affiliated with Ngāpuhi.
What is Ngati Porou waka?
Lands. The homeland of Ngāti Porou is the most easterly region in the North Island. It runs north along the coast from Te Toka-a-Taiau at Gisborne, to Pōtikirua, inland from Hicks Bay. Mt Hikurangi is the tribal mountain, and the most important river is Waiapu, an ancient name also found on the Pacific island of Tahiti
What is the Manawatu waka?
Te Waka Huia a Manawatu Hauora is a Māori community health service based in the Palmerston North City Ward of Highbury.
What is the waka in a Pepeha?
For Māori, pepeha tell the story of how their tūpuna (ancestors) came to Aotearoa in large waka. Each waka had a name, and Māori can still track their family history back to those waka.
Can Pakeha have whakapapa?
Pakeha, non-Maori people, can also perform a pepeha at formal occasions, but theirs will be a lot shorter than a Maori mihi, as they do not have the same connections to the land.
