• told in their traditions. The Tākitimu appears in many traditions around New Zealand. Most accounts agree that the Tākitimu was a sacred canoe. Many also...
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    Wairoa (redirect from Tākitimu Wharenui)
    (canoe) Tākitimu travelled up the Wairoa river (full name: Te Wairoa Hōpūpū Hōnengenenge Matangirau) and landed at Mākeakea, near where Tākitimu meeting...
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    represents the upturned hull of the Tākitimu waka wrecked in Te Waewae Bay to the south of the Takitimu Mountains. "Takitimu Mountains, Southland - NZ Topo...
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  • According to Tākitimu, she hid her fire under the earth, where it became the origin of volcanic fire. Tiaki Hikawera Mitira (1972). Takitimu. Wellington:...
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    region of New Zealand. Tākitimu gecko were first described by Jewell and Leschen in 2004 as Hoplodactylus cryptozoicus. Tākitimu gecko are a medium sized...
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  • a story recounted from Hone Te Paina of Oraka, Foveaux Strait; on the Tākitimu Mountains there haunts a woman patupaiarehe named Kaiheraki, who appears...
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    best known of which are Aotea, Te Arawa, Kurahaupō, Mātaatua, Tainui, Tākitimu, and Tokomaru. Various traditions name numerous other canoes. Some, including...
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  • or Tamatea Mai-Tawhiti was a Māori ariki (chieftain), who captained the Tākitimu canoe on its journey from Hawaiki to New Zealand, where he settled at Tauranga...
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    Toroa, captain of the Mātaatua canoe, of Tamatea Arikinui, captain of the Tākitimu, and Paikea. He probably lived in the late fifteenth century. Māhaki had...
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  • Kirimoko) Ko Waitati te awa (my river is the Waitati) Ko Tākitimu te waka (my ancestral canoe is the Tākitimu) Ko Kāi Tahu tōku iwi (my tribe is Kāi Tahu) Ko Kāti...
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    Kahungunu in the 2018 census. Ngāti Kahungunu trace their origins to the Tākitimu waka, one of the Māori migration canoes which arrived on New Zealand's...
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    (the 'great standing place of Kiwa'), after Kiwa, who arrived on the waka Tākitimu, which landed at Gisborne. The original English language name for the settlement...
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    coast. His canoe was wrecked in the far south, and transformed into the Tākitimu mountain range. Tamatea then returned to the North Island, and travelled...
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    consistently place Kupe on board the Tākitimu canoe or name as his companions people who are strongly associated with the Tākitimu. No other canoes are mentioned...
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  • of Ranginui and Papatūānuku by the tribes of the Tākitimu. In Kāi Tahu (an iwi associated with Tākitimu) traditions, Haumia-tiketike is a son of Tamanuiaraki...
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  • (part of Ngāti Kahungunu) Hawke's Bay Tākitimu n/a n/a n/a n/a Heretaunga Tamatea (grouping) Hawke's Bay Tākitimu n/a n/a n/a n/a Kāti Māmoe Canterbury...
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    Hexareme Tessarakonteres Raft Reed boat Sailing ship Solar ship Tomol Tākitimu Uru by region Austronesia Egypt Persia Rome Propulsion Paddling Sailing...
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  • Nightcaps got its name either from the snow that is often seen on the Takitimu Mountains, or when early settlers observed fog on the hills known as the...
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  • Tamatea Urehaea (category Tākitimu)
    Pōkai-whenua and Tamatea Pōkai-moana) was a Māori ariki (chieftain) of the Tākitimu tribal confederation and ancestor of the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi (tribe), who...
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    Hexareme Tessarakonteres Raft Reed boat Sailing ship Solar ship Tomol Tākitimu Uru by region Austronesia Egypt Persia Rome Propulsion Paddling Sailing...
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    He was the son of Uenuku-puanake and Tāneroroa. Uenuku came from the Tākitimu canoe (although this is contested among mātauranga Māori historians), while...
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    Rua-o-te-Moko ("The Pit of Tattooing") is a reference to the visit of the Tākitimu migratory waka to the area. Traditional histories recall the captain of...
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    Hexareme Tessarakonteres Raft Reed boat Sailing ship Solar ship Tomol Tākitimu Uru by region Austronesia Egypt Persia Rome Propulsion Paddling Sailing...
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    brought to the South Island themselves include those of the Takitimu Mountains (being the Tākitimu waka) and the Āraiteuru. Tūrakautahi and one Te-ake narrowly...
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    Rongomaiwahine. She was descended from Ruawharo, the tohunga (navigator) of the Tākitimu waka (Māori migration canoe), and Popoto, the commander of the Kurahaupō...
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  • Ancient History of The Maori, His Mythology & Traditions: Horo-uta or Takitimu Migration. Vol. 3. Wellington: New Zealand Government Printers. pp. 31–35...
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  • and his wife Iwipupu. As such, Ngāi Te Ohuake trace their origins to the Tākitimu waka (canoes). The iwi's rohe (tribal area) and tribal lands are situated...
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    Tapere o Takitimu is a co-educational state Māori immersion composite school, with a roll of 248 as of March 2025. Te Wānanga Whare Tapere o Takitimu was founded...
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