On the west coast there are two narratives of the captaincy of Māhuhu. Te Roroa people of the Waipoua forest say the Māhuhu canoe was captained by Whakatau and called at Kawerua on the west coast of the North Island where Whakatau's son married a local. The alternative narrative, told by the Te Uri-o-Hau and Te Taoū (from the Ngāti Whātua tribe of Helensville and Auckland) has Māhuhu under the command of Rongomai and stopping not at Kawerua but Tāporapora Island in the Kaipara Harbour (this island no longer exists).[3] Rongomai was drowned when the canoe overturned after visiting the island and his body was eaten by the araara or trevally fish. Because of this incident, the Nga Puhi and Te Rarawaiwi who claim descent from Rongomai, did not dare to eat the trevally in the times before they embraced Christianity. The tradition then tells of Māhuhu heading back north to Rangaunu Harbour[3] where the crew eventually settled. At the end of its service the waka was interred in a creek, Te Waipopo-o-Māhuhu in the Rangaunu Harbour.[2]
As part of the 1990 commemorations of the 1840 signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, Ngāti Whātua made a large waka which also bears the name Māhuhu-ki-te-rangi or Māhuhu-o-te-rangi.[4]
māhuhu, rangi, māori, tradition, also, known, māhuhu, great, ocean, going, voyaging, canoes, that, used, migrations, that, settled, zealand, great, māori, migration, wakacommanderrongomai, whakatauiwingāpuhi, ngāti, whātua, rarawa, ngātiwaiaccording, māori, tr. In Maori tradition Mahuhu ki te rangi also known as Mahuhu was one of the great ocean going voyaging canoes that was used in the migrations that settled New Zealand Mahuhu ki te rangiGreat Maori migration wakaCommanderRongomai WhakatauIwiNgapuhi Ngati Whatua Te Rarawa NgatiwaiAccording to Maori traditions the waka Mahuhu ki te rangi explored the upper reaches of the North Island north of the Kaipara Harbour during early Maori settlement of New Zealand 1 Its crew explored Whangaroa Takou and Whangaruru They continued south before returning to Parengarenga and sailing down the west coast 2 On the west coast there are two narratives of the captaincy of Mahuhu Te Roroa people of the Waipoua forest say the Mahuhu canoe was captained by Whakatau and called at Kawerua on the west coast of the North Island where Whakatau s son married a local The alternative narrative told by the Te Uri o Hau and Te Taou from the Ngati Whatua tribe of Helensville and Auckland has Mahuhu under the command of Rongomai and stopping not at Kawerua but Taporapora Island in the Kaipara Harbour this island no longer exists 3 Rongomai was drowned when the canoe overturned after visiting the island and his body was eaten by the araara or trevally fish Because of this incident the Nga Puhi and Te Rarawa iwi who claim descent from Rongomai did not dare to eat the trevally in the times before they embraced Christianity The tradition then tells of Mahuhu heading back north to Rangaunu Harbour 3 where the crew eventually settled At the end of its service the waka was interred in a creek Te Waipopo o Mahuhu in the Rangaunu Harbour 2 As part of the 1990 commemorations of the 1840 signing of the Treaty of Waitangi Ngati Whatua made a large waka which also bears the name Mahuhu ki te rangi or Mahuhu o te rangi 4 See also EditList of Maori wakaReferences Edit Ngati Whatua Origins Te Ara The Encyclopedia of New Zealand a b Mahuhu ki te rangi landing places a b Canoes of the northern tide Waka Discussion Document PDF E Shortland Traditions amp Superstitions of the New Zealanders Longman Brown London 1856 25 E R Tregear Maori Polynesian Comparative Dictionary Lyon and Blair Lambton Quay 1891 20 21 This article relating to Maori mythology is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mahuhu ki te rangi amp oldid 1146993419, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
