Aotearoa (canoe)

Aotearoa

Great Māori migration waka

In Māori tradition, Aotearoa was one of the great ocean-voyaging canoes that were used in the migrations that settled New Zealand. Aotearoa was captained by Mokotōrea[1] or Mokoterea.[2] It landed at Aotea on the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato and was buried there.[2]

See also

• List of Māori waka
• Māori migration canoes

References

1. Taonui, Rāwiri (8 February 2005). "Canoe traditions – Te Arawa and Tainui". Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
2. Simmonds, D. R. (1976). The Great New Zealand Myth. Reed. pp. 174–176.