Who built Ngatokimatawhaorua?
Ngātokimatawhaorua was built to mark the centenary of the Treaty of Waitangi’s signing in 1940 and was built by members of New Zealand’s northern and Waikato iwi (tribes). Ngātokimatawhaorua is launched every year in February as part of Waitangi Day commemorations.
Where is the original Ngatokimatawhaorua?
Waitangi
It is now kept at Waitangi, in the Bay of Islands.
What are the 7 Māori waka?
The seven waka that arrived to Aotearoa were called Tainui, Te Arawa, Mātaatua, Kurahaupō, Tokomaru, Aotea and Tākitimu.
What is 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.
Who was the captain of Ngatokimatawhaorua?
After the Polynesian explorer Kupe returned to Hawaiki his canoe, Matawhaorua, was re-adzed and renamed Ngātokimatawhaorua (ngā toki – the adzes) by its new captain, Nukutawhiti.
How Ngāpuhi got its name?
The tribe’s founding ancestor, Rāhiri, was descended from Kupe, Nukutawhiti and Puhi. When his two sons fought over land, Rāhiri helped them make peace by flying a kite over the territory. Eventually the name of Ngāpuhi was given to all tribes in the Hokianga and Bay of Islands.
Where is Ngāpuhi?
New Zealand
Ngāpuhi is the largest iwi (tribe) in New Zealand. Their traditional lands are in the Northland province of the North Island, an area known as Te Tai Tokerau, which extends from Hokianga Harbour in the west to Bay of Islands in the east and to Whāngārei in the south.
Who is Nuku tawhiti?
The Ngāpuhi ancestor Nukutawhiti was the captain of the Ngātokimatawhaorua canoe. This famous 1824 drawing by the missionary Thomas Kendall shows him in the first state of existence. Kendall’s notes and artwork accompanied carvings which were sent to England at the time.
Who was the captain of the mamari Waka?
About Ruānui-o-Tāne, Captain of the Māmari Waka Aboard these waka were people whose names have been remembered in our genealogy as the whānau of Kupe returning to the place he had prepared.